''Anemonastrum'' is a

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s in the buttercup

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. Plants of the genus are

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, and

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. The generic name ''Anemonastrum'' means "somewhat like anemone", a reference to the ''

Anemone ''Anemone'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. Plants of the genus are commonly called windflowers. They are native to the temperate and subtropical regions of all continents except Australia, New Zealand an ...

'' genus of closely related plants. It chiefly differs from ''Anemone'' in having a base chromosome number of x=7, as opposed to x=8.

Species

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accepts 38 species in the genus ''Anemonastrum'': *'' Anemonastrum antucense'' (Poepp.) Mosyakin & de Lange *'' Anemonastrum baicalense'' (Turcz.) Mosyakin *''

Anemonastrum biarmiense ''Anemonastrum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. Plants of the genus are native to the temperate and subarctic regions of North America, Greenland, Europe, Asia, South America, and New Zealand. The generic na ...

'' (Juz.) Holub *'' Anemonastrum calvum'' (Juz.) Holub *'' Anemonastrum canadense'' (L.) Mosyakin *'' Anemonastrum coelestinum'' (Franch.) Mosyakin *'' Anemonastrum crinitum'' (Juz.) Holub *'' Anemonastrum deltoideum'' (Douglas) Mosyakin *'' Anemonastrum demissum'' (Hook.f. & Thomson) Holub *'' Anemonastrum dichotomum'' (L.) Mosyakin *'' Anemonastrum elongatum'' (D.Don) Holub *''

Anemonastrum fasciculatum ''Anemonastrum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. Plants of the genus are native to the temperate and subarctic regions of North America, Greenland, Europe, Asia, South America, and New Zealand. The generic na ...

'' (L.) Holub *'' Anemonastrum flaccidum'' (Fr.Schmidt) Mosyakin *''

Anemonastrum geum ''Anemonastrum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. Plants of the genus are native to the temperate and subarctic regions of North America, Greenland, Europe, Asia, South America, and New Zealand. The generic na ...

'' (H.Lév.) Mosyakin *''

Anemonastrum imbricatum ''Anemonastrum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. Plants of the genus are native to the temperate and subarctic regions of North America, Greenland, Europe, Asia, South America, and New Zealand. The generic na ...

'' (Maxim.) Holub *''

Anemonastrum keiskeanum ''Anemonastrum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the buttercup family (biology), family Ranunculaceae. Plants of the genus are Native plant, native to the Temperate climate, temperate and subarctic regions of North America, Greenland, Europe, A ...

'' (T.Itô ex Maxim.) Mosyakin *'' Anemonastrum narcissiflorum'' (L.) Holub *'' Anemonastrum obtusilobum'' (D.Don) Mosyakin *'' Anemonastrum patulum'' (C.C.Chang ex W.T.Wang) Mosyakin *'' Anemonastrum polyanthes'' (D.Don) Holub *'' Anemonastrum polycarpum'' (W.E.Evans) Mosyakin *'' Anemonastrum prattii'' (Huth ex Ulbr.) Mosyakin *'' Anemonastrum protractum'' (Ulbr.) Holub *'' Anemonastrum richardsonii'' (Hook.) Mosyakin *'' Anemonastrum rockii'' (Ulbr.) Mosyakin *'' Anemonastrum rupestre'' (Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thomson) Mosyakin *'' Anemonastrum sachalinense'' (Juz.) Starod. *'' Anemonastrum shikokianum'' (Makino) Holub *'' Anemonastrum sibiricum'' (L.) Holub *'' Anemonastrum smithianum'' (Lauener & Panigrahi) Holub *'' Anemonastrum subindivisum'' (W.T.Wang) Mosyakin *'' Anemonastrum subpinnatum'' (W.T.Wang) Mosyakin *'' Anemonastrum tenuicaule'' (Cheeseman) de Lange & Mosyakin *'' Anemonastrum tetrasepalum'' (Royle) Holub *'' Anemonastrum trullifolium'' (Hook.f. & Thomson) Mosyakin *'' Anemonastrum villosissimum'' (DC.) Holub *'' Anemonastrum yulongshanicum'' (W.T.Wang) Mosyakin *'' Anemonastrum zephyrum'' (A.Nelson) Holub

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15460704 Ranunculaceae genera