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Ver. 25.03
Mar. 6th, 2025

184.0000 Family Ranunculaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 231 (1789), nom. cons.
52 genera, ca. 3700 spp.
Species listed in database: 3818; hybrids: 107
= Aconitaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin 216 (1820)
= Actaeaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin 1(16-53): 2, 140 (1823)
= Anemonaceae Vest; Anleit. Stud. Bot. 264, 275 (1818)
= Aquilegiaceae Lilja; Skånes Fl., ed. 2: 375, 861, 979 (1870)
= Calthaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 92 (1820)
= Cimicifugaceae Bromhead; Mag. Nat. Hist., n. s. 4: 336, 338 (1840)
= Clematidaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 134 (1820)
= Delphiniaceae Brenner; Florist. Handb. 52 (1886)
= Glaucidiaceae M.Tamura; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 85: 40 (1972)
= Helleboraceae Vest; Anleit. Stud. Bot. 264, 274 (1818)
= Hydrastidaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 318 (1820)
= Nigellaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 76 (1858)
= Thalictraceae Raf.; Anal. Nat. 176 (1815)
= Xanthorhizaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin 1(16-53): 2, 145 (1823)
184.5304 Genus Knowltonia Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 372 (1796)
Distribution: Southern Hemisphere
Species listed in database: 24
= Anamenia Vent.; Jard. Malmaison 1: 22 (1803)
= Barneoudia Gay; Historia fisica y politica de Chile, Botanica 1: 29 (1844)
= Capethia Britton; Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 6: 216 (1892)
= Christophoriana Burm. ex Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 1 (1891)
= Oreithales Schltdl.; Linnaea 27: 559 (1856)
= Thebesia Neck.; Elem. Bot. [Necker] 2: 313 (1790)
species :
Knowltonia anemonoides H.Rasm.; Opera Bot. 53: 18 (1979)
subspecies :
subsp. anemonoides
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Adonis capensis Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 94 (1794) non L.
= Anemone anemonoides (H.Rasm.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt; Bothalia 39(2): 218 (2009)
subspecies :
subsp. tenuis H.Rasm.; Opera Bot. 53: 20 (1979)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Anemone anemonoides subsp. tenuis (H.Rasm.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt; Bothalia 39(2): 218 (2009)
species :
Knowltonia assisbrasiliana (Kuhlm. & Porto) Christenh. & Byng; Global Fl. 4: 75 (2018)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Anemone assisbrasiliana Kuhlm. & Porto; Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 6: 114 (1933)
species :
Knowltonia balliana (Britton) Christenh. & Byng; Global Fl. 4: 75 (2018)
Distribution: Argentina (Catamarca, Jujuy, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, San Juan, Tucuman); Chile (Coquimbo, Metropolitana de Santiago)
85 ARG CLE
Synonyms: hidden
= Barneoudia balliana Britton; Mem. New York Acad. Sci. 6: 236 (1892)
= Anemone balliana (Britton) Hoot; Syst. Bot. 37(1): 149 (2012)
species :
Knowltonia bracteata Harv. ex Zahlbr.; Ann. Naturhist. Hofmus. Wien 18: 380 (1903), descr.
Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Anemone bracteata (Harv. ex Zahlbr.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt; Bothalia 39(2): 218 (2009)
= Knowltonia bracteata Harv.; Gen. S. Afr. Pl., ed. 2: 2 (1868), nomen
= Knowltonia rigida var. simplicifolia Harv.
species :
Knowltonia brevistylis Szyszyl.; Polypet. Thalam. Rehmann. (1887) 7
Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Anemone brevistylis (Szyszyl.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt; Bothalia 39(2): 218 (2009)
species :
Knowltonia afra (Harv.) Christenh. & Byng; Global Fl. 4: 75 (2018) ex Mosyakin & de Lange, Ukrayins´k. Bot. Zhurn. 75(6): 513 (2019)
Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Anemone alchemillifolia E.Mey. ex Pritz.; Linnaea 15: 614 (1842)
= Anemone afra (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Harv.; Gen. S. Afr. Pl. 9 (1838)
= Pulsatilla afra Eckl. & Zeyh.; Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. [Ecklon & Zeyher] 1: 1 (1834-35)
species :
Knowltonia capensis (L.) Huth; Abh. und Vortr. Gesamtgeb. Naturw. 3: 69 (1890)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Adonis capensis L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 548 (1753)
= Adonis coriacea (Vent.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 1. 146 (1810)
= Adonis gracilis (Vent.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 1. 147 (1810)
= Adonis hirsuta (Vent. ex Cav.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 1: 147 (1810)
= Anamenia capensis (L.) Hoffmanns.; Verz. Pfl.-Kult. 204 (1824)
= Anamenia coriacea Vent.; Jard. Malmaison 1: 22 (1803)
= Anamenia gracilis Vent.; Jard. Malmaison 1: 22 (1803)
= Anamenia hirsuta Vent. ex Cav.; Anales Ci. Nat. 6: 344 (1803)
= Anemone knowltonia Burtt Davy; Ann. Transvaal Mus. 3: 121 (1912)
= Christophoriana capensis (L.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1 (1891)
= Christophoriana gracilis (Vent.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1 (1891)
= Christophoriana hirsuta (Vent. ex Cav.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 1 (1891)
= Knowltonia capitis-bonae-spei Turcz.; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou (1854) II. 274 (bis)
= Knowltonia daucifolia Eckl. & Zeyh.; Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. [Ecklon & Zeyher] 2: 2 (1836)
= Knowltonia glabricarpellata Huth; Bull. Herb. Boissier 4: 423 (1896)
= Knowltonia gracilis (Vent.) DC.; Syst. Nat. [Candolle] 1: 219 (1817)
= Knowltonia hirsuta (Vent. ex Cav.) DC.; Syst. Nat. [Candolle] 1: 220 (1817)
= Knowltonia rigida Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 372 (1796), nom. illeg.
species :
Knowltonia chilensis (Gay) Christenh. & Byng; Global Fl. 4: 75 (2018)
Distribution: Argentina (San Juan); Chile (Coquimbo, Valparaíso, Metropolitana de Santiago)
85 ARG CLE
Synonyms: hidden
= Anemone barneoudia Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 1 (1898)
= Anemone chilensis (Gay) Kurtz; Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 9: 369 (1886)
= Anemone chilensis (Gay) Reiche; nom. illeg., non Spreng. ex Eichler
= Anemone domeykoana (Leyb.) F.Meigen; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 235 (1893)
= Anemone gayana R.Wagner; Ann. Naturhist. Hofmus. Wien 17: 287 (1902), in adnot.
= Barneoudia chilensis Gay; Fl. Chil. [Gay] 1: 29, t. 1 (1845)
= Barneoudia cyanoleuca Leyb.; (1858)
= Barneoudia domeykoana Leyb.; Anales Univ. Chile 1858: 159 (1858), et in Flora 42: 242 (1859)
species :
Knowltonia cordata H.Rasm.; Opera Bot. 53: 21 (1979)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Anemone cordata (H.Rasm.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt; Bothalia 39(2): 218 (2009)
species :
Knowltonia crassifolia (Hook.) Christenh. & Byng; Global Fl. 4: 75 (2018)
Distribution: Australia (W-Tasmania)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Anemone crassifolia Hook.; Icon. Pl., t. 257 (1840)
species :
Knowltonia fanninii (Harv. & Hook.f.) Christenh. & Byng; Global Fl. 4: 75 (2018)
Distribution: South Africa (Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho
27 LES SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Anemone fanninii Harv. ex Hook.f.; Bot. Mag., t. 6958 (1887), descr.
= Anemone fanninii Harv.; Gen. S. Afr. Pl. ed. 2, 2, nomen (1868)
species :
Knowltonia filia (L.f.) Durand & Schinz; Consp. Fl. Afr. [Durand & Schinz] 1(2): 12 (1898)
subspecies :
subsp. filia
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Adonis aethiopica Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 94 (1794)
= Adonis daucifolia Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 1(1): 46 (1783)
= Adonis filia L.f.; Suppl. Pl. [Linnaeus f.] 271 (1782)
= Anamenia daucifolia (Lam.) Vent. ex Cav.; Anales Ci. Nat. 6: 344 (1803)
= Anemone filia (L.f.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt; Bothalia 39(2): 218 (2009)
= Christophoriana daucifolia (Lam.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1 (1891)
= Knowltonia daucifolia (Lam.) DC.; Syst. Nat. [Candolle] 1: 220 (1817)
subspecies :
subsp. scaposa H.Rasm.; Opera Bot. 53: 25 (1979)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Anemone filia subsp. scaposa (H.Rasm.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt; Bothalia 39(2): 218 (2009)
species :
Knowltonia helleborifolia (DC.) Christenh. & Byng; Global Fl. 4: 75 (2018)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Anemone aequinoctialis Poepp.; Fragm. Syn. Pl. 27 (1833)
= Anemone helleborifolia DC.; Syst. Nat. [Candolle] 1: 211 (1817)
= Anemone peruviana Britton; Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 6: 227 (1891)
= Anemonidium helleborifolium (DC.) Starod.; Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 74(9): 1345 (1989)
= Anemonidium peruvianum (Britton) Starod.; Vetrenitsy: Sist. Evol. 118 (1991)
= Knowltonia peruviana (Britton) Christenh. & Byng; Global Fl. 4: 75 (2018)
species :
Knowltonia hepaticifolia (Hook.f.) Christenh. & Byng; Global Fl. 4: 75 (2018)
Name: Flor de la estrella [Chile]
Distribution: Chile (Los Rios, Los Lagos)
85 CLE
Synonyms: hidden
= Anemonidium hepaticifolium (Hook.) Starod.; Vetrenitsy: Sist. Evol. 118 (1991)
= Anemone hepaticifolia Hook.; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 1: t. 1 (1836)
species :
Knowltonia hootae Christenh. & Byng; Global Fl. 4: 75 (2018), nom. nov.
Distribution: Chile (Metropolitana de Santiago, O´Higgins, Maule)
85 CLE
Synonyms: hidden
= Anemonidium rigidum (Barnéoud ex Gay) Starod.; Vetrenitsy: Sist. Evol. 118 (1991)
= Anemone rigida Barnéoud ex Gay; Fl. Chil. [Gay] 1: 25 (1845)
species :
Knowltonia integrifolia (DC.) Christenh. & Byng; Global Fl. 4: 75 (2018)
Name: Cineraria del Peru
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz)
83 BOL ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Anemone integrifolia (DC.) Humb. ex Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 2: 660 (1825)
= Anemone integrifolia Kunth ex DC.; Syst. Nat. [Candolle] 1: 217 (1817)
= Capethia integrifolia (DC.) Britton; Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 6: 234 (1891)
= Capethia weddellii Britton; Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 6: 235 (1892)
= Hamadryas andicola Hook.; Icon. Pl. 2: t. 137 (1837)
= Hepatica integrifolia Kunth ex DC.; Syst. Nat. [Candolle] 1: 217 (1817)
= Oreithales integrifolia (Kunth ex DC.) Schltdl.; Linnaea 27: 559 (1856)
species :
Knowltonia major (Phil.) Christenh. & Byng; Global Fl. 4: 75 (2018)
Distribution: Argentina (Mendoza); Chile (Coquimbo, Valparaíso, Metropolitana de Santiago, O´Higgins)
85 ARG CLE
Synonyms: hidden
= Anemone major (Phil.) F.Meigen; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 235 (1893), et 18: 455 (1894)
= Barneoudia chilensis var. major (Phil.) Kurtz; Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 13: 200 (1893)
= Barneoudia major Phil.; Linnaea 28: 609 (1856)
= Barneoudia maxima Leyb.; (1858)
variant :
var. patagonica (Skottsb.) comb.ined.
Distribution: Argentina (Chubut, Neuquen, Rio Negro)
85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Barneoudia major var. patagonica (Skottsb.) Lourteig; Darwiniana 9: 591 (1951)
= Barneoudia chilensis var. patagonica Skottsb.; Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakad. Handl. 56(5): 219 (1916)
species :
Knowltonia mexicana (Kunth) Christenh. & Byng; Global Fl. 4: 75 (2018)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz); Guatemala
79 MEX 80 GUA
Synonyms: hidden
= Anemone hemsleyi Britton; Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 6: 231 (1891)
= Anemone mexicana Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 5: 33 (1821)
= Anemonidium mexicanum (Kunth) Starod.; Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 74(9): 1345 (1989)
species :
Knowltonia moorei (Espinosa) Christenh. & Byng; Global Fl. 4: 75 (2018)
Name: Pata de león [Chile]
Distribution: Chile (Maule)
85 CLE
Synonyms: hidden
= Anemone moorei Espinosa; Bol. Mus. Nac. Santiago de Chile 18: 26 (1940), et Bol. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Chile 18: 26 (1941)
species :
Knowltonia sellowii (Pritz.) Christenh. & Byng; Global Fl. 4: 75 (2018)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Santa Catarina)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Anemone sellowii Pritz.; Linnaea 15: 667 (1841)
= Anemone colossea Beck; Itin. Princ. S. Coburgi 2: 1 (1888)
species :
Knowltonia tenuifolia (L.f.) Mosyakin; Ukrayins´k. Bot. Zhurn. 75(3): 232 (2018)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Anemone arborea Loisel.; Herb. Gén. Amat. 8: t. 557 (1827)
= Anemone capensis Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 1: 164 (1783)
= Anemone capensis var. tenuifolia Harv.
= Anemone tenuifolia (L.f.) DC.; Syst. Nat. [Candolle] 1: 196 (1817)
= Knowltonia pulsatilloides Christenh. & Byng; Global Fl. 4: 75 (2018), nom. nov. superfl.
= Pulsatilla africana Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 2: 664 (1825)
= Pulsatilla capensis (Lam.) Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 379 (1840)
= Pulsatilla tenuifolia (L.f.) Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 2: 664 (1825)
= Pulsatilloides capensis (L.) Starod.; Vetrenitsy: Sist. Evol. 124 (1991)
species :
Knowltonia transvaalensis Szyszyl.; Polypet. Thalam. Rehmann. (1887) 7
Distribution: Tanzania; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]
25 TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZIM 27 SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Anemone canescens (Szyszyl.) Burtt Davy; Ann. Transvaal Mus. 3: 121 (1912)
= Anemone transvaalensis Burtt Davy; Ann. Transvaal Mus. 3: 121 (1912)
= Knowltonia canescens Szyszyl.; Polypet. Thalam. Rehmann. 8 (1888)
= Knowltonia multiflora Burtt Davy; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1921: 343 (1921)
variant :
var. filifolia H.Rasm.; Opera Bot. 53: 38 (1979)
Distribution: South Africa (Mpulamanga)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Anemone transvaalensis var. filifolia (H.Rasm.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt; Bothalia 39(2): 218 (2009)
variant :
var. pottiana (Burtt Davy) H.Rasm.; Opera Bot. 53: 39 (1979)
Distribution: South Africa (Mpulamanga)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Anemone transvaalensis var. pottiana (Burtt Davy) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt; Bothalia 39(2): 218 (2009)
= Knowltonia canescens var. pottiana Burtt Davy; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1921: 343 (1921)
species :
Knowltonia vesicatoria (L.f.) Sims; Bot. Mag., t. 775 (1804)
subspecies :
subsp. vesicatoria
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Adonis laserpitiifolia Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 1. 147 (1810)
= Adonis vesicatoria L.f.; Suppl. Pl. [Linnaeus f.] 272 (1782)
= Anamenia laserpitiifolia Vent. ex Cav.; Anales Ci. Nat. 6: 344 (1803)
= Anamenia vesicatoria (L.f.) Dum.Cours.; Bot. Cult. 4: 438 (1802)
= Anemone vesicatoria (L.f.) Prantl; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 2: 62 (1891)
= Christophoriana vesicatoria (L.f.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 1 (1891)
subspecies :
subsp. grossa H.Rasm.; Opera Bot. 53: 30 (1979)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Anemone vesicatoria subsp. grossa (H.Rasm.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt; Bothalia 39(2): 218 (2009)
subspecies :
subsp. humilis H.Rasm.; Opera Bot. 53: 29 (1979)
Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Anemone vesicatoria subsp. humilis (H.Rasm.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt; Bothalia 39(2): 218 (2009)
species :
Knowltonia whyteana (Baker f.) Engl.; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(1): 170 (1915)
Distribution: Tanzania; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
25 TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Anemone peneensis Baker f. [J.Linn.Soc., Bot.40: 16 (1911)]
= Anemone whyteana Baker f. [Trans.Linn.Soc.London, Bot.4: 4 (1894)]
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