''Roemeria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family

Papaveraceae The Papaveraceae are an economically important family of about 42 genera and approximately 775 known species of flowering plants in the order Ranunculales, informally known as the poppy family. The family is cosmopolitan, occurring in temperat ...

, native to

Macaronesia Macaronesia (Portuguese: ''Macaronésia,'' Spanish: ''Macaronesia'') is a collection of four volcanic archipelagos in the North Atlantic, off the coasts of Africa and Europe. Each archipelago is made up of a number of List of islands in the At ...

, Europe, the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Caucasus, the Middle East, the Arabian Peninsula, Central Asia, the western Himalayas,

Xinjiang Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...

, and Mongolia. A 2006 molecular analysis revised the taxonomy of ''

Papaver ''Papaver'' is a genus of 70–100 species of frost-tolerant annuals, biennials, and perennials native to temperate and cold regions of Eurasia, Africa and North America. It is the type genus of the poppy family, Papaveraceae. Description The ...

'', elevating ''Roemeria'' to the genus level and showing that it is sister to ''Papaver'' sect. ''Argemonidium''.

Species

The following species are accepted: *''

Roemeria argemone ''Roemeria argemone'' (syn. ''Papaver argemone'') is a species of flowering plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae. Its common names include long pricklyhead poppy, prickly poppy and pale poppy. Its native range includes parts of Eurasia and Nort ...

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Roemeria carica ''Roemeria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae, native to Macaronesia, Europe, the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Caucasus, the Middle East, the Arabian Peninsula, Central Asia, the western Himalayas, Xinjiang, and Mongo ...

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Roemeria hybrida ''Roemeria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae, native to Macaronesia, Europe, the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Caucasus, the Middle East, the Arabian Peninsula, Central Asia, the western Himalayas, Xinjiang, and Mongo ...

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Roemeria macrostigma ''Roemeria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae, native to Macaronesia, Europe, the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Caucasus, the Middle East, the Arabian Peninsula, Central Asia, the western Himalayas, Xinjiang, and Mongo ...

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Roemeria procumbens ''Roemeria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae, native to Macaronesia, Europe, the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Caucasus, the Middle East, the Arabian Peninsula, Central Asia, the western Himalayas, Xinjiang, and Mongo ...

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Roemeria refracta ''Roemeria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae, native to Macaronesia, Europe, the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Caucasus, the Middle East, the Arabian Peninsula, Central Asia, the western Himalayas, Xinjiang, and Mongo ...

References

Papaveroideae Papaveraceae genera Flora of Madeira Flora of the Canary Islands Flora of North Africa Flora of Europe Flora of the Caucasus Flora of Western Asia Flora of the Arabian Peninsula Flora of Central Asia Flora of Pakistan Flora of West Himalaya Flora of Xinjiang Flora of Mongolia {{Ranunculales-stub