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REVISION OF ANEMONE SECT. HIMALAYICAE (RANUNCULACEAE) WITH THREE NEW SERIES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2007

S. N. ZIMAN
Affiliation:
N. G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences, Tereshchenkivska str. 2, Kiev, 01601, Ukraine
F. EHRENDORFER
Affiliation:
Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, Vienna A-1030, Austria
C. S. KEENER
Affiliation:
Pennsylvania State University, 208 Mueller Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802, USA
W. T. WANG
Affiliation:
Herbarium, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan, Beijing 100093, People's Republic of China
S. L. MOSYAKIN
Affiliation:
N. G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences, Tereshchenkivska str. 2, Kiev, 01601, Ukraine
E. V. BULAKH
Affiliation:
N. G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences, Tereshchenkivska str. 2, Kiev, 01601, Ukraine
O. N. TSARENKO
Affiliation:
N. G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences, Tereshchenkivska str. 2, Kiev, 01601, Ukraine
B. E. DUTTON
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Western Oregon University, 345 North Monmouth Avenue, Monmouth, OR 97361, USA
R. P. CHAUDHARY
Affiliation:
Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu 5927, Nepal
Y. KADOTA
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, National Science Museum, 4-1-1 Amakubo, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan
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Abstract

The members of Anemone L. sect. Himalayicae (Ulbr.) Juz. (Ranunculaceae) are mainly distributed in the Himalaya of North India, Nepal and Bhutan and the neighbouring mountains of SW China at elevations between 1850 and 4800 m. Their taxonomy is re-evaluated on the basis of a critical morphological analysis of extensive herbarium material. The section is placed in Anemone subgen. Omalocarpus and differentiated into three new series: ser. Obtusilobae, ser. Trullifoliae and ser. Rupestres. A conspectus, keys to species, subspecies and varieties, descriptions of taxa, illustrations and distribution maps are presented. Eleven species with several infraspecific taxa are recognized and their synonymy, variability and relationships are discussed. In addition to the generally accepted species Anemone obtusiloba, A. trullifolia and A. rupestris, we recognize the following: A. polycarpa, A. rockii, A. geum and A. coelestina and four Chinese endemics, A. yulongshanica, A. patula, A. subpinnata and A. subindivisa. Anemone imbricata and A. fuscopurpurea are described but excluded from the section. The origins, morphological differentiations and eco-geographical radiations of Anemone sect. Himalayicae are discussed.

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2007, Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh

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