Anemonastrum canadense (L.) Mosyakin
Detail
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Botanical Name
- Anemonastrum canadense (L.) Mosyakin
- Common Name
- Canada Anemone
- Synonym(s)
- Anemone canadensis L.
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Anemonastrum canadense (Linnaeus) Mosyakin
- Comments
- Genus change based on Mosyakin (2016, Phytoneuron 2016-79: 1-12 and 2018, Phytoneuron 2018-55: 1-11). Molecular studies show that a monophyletic Anemone can only be achieved by 1) including in Anemone genera such as Clematis, Hepatica, and others requiring hundreds of nomenclatural changes and a vastly different circumscription of the genus; or 2) the exclusion from Anemone of Anemonastrum, Hepatica, and a few other genera not found in our area. The transfer of Anemone canadensis to Anemonastrum follows the latter approach.
- Habitat
- Mesic forests. Rare, known from a few historical collections in the mountains and inner Coastal Plain of northern Virginia; no extant populations are known.
- Native Status
- Native
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