Oreomecon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ranunculales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Ordo: Ranunculales

Familia: Papaveraceae
Subfamilia: Papaveroideae
Tribus: Papavereae
Genus: Oreomecon
Species: O. alborosea – O. alpina – O. amurensis – O. anomala – O. corona-sancti-stephani – O. crocea – O. dahliana – O. fauriei – O. involucrata – O. kluanensis – O. lapponica – O. lisae – O. macounii – O. miyabeana – O. nudicaulis – O. olchonensis – O. popovii – O. pseudocanescens – O. radicata – O. tianschanica

Name

Oreomecon Banfi, Bartolucci, J.-M.Tison & Galasso, Nat. Hist. Sci. 9(1): 68 (2022).

• Type species: Oreomecon alpina (L.) Banfi, Bartolucci, J.-M.Tison & Galasso, Nat. Hist. Sci. 9(1): 69 (2022).

Synonyms

• Replaced synonym
  • Papaver sect. Meconella Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. 7: 19 (1838).
• Homotypic
  • Papaver [unranked] Lasiotrachyphylla Bernh., Linnaea 8: 463 (1833).
    • Lectotype (designated by Kiger 1985: 151): Papaver alpinum L., Sp. Pl.: 507 (1753).
    • Papaver sect. Lasiotrachyphylla (Bernh.) Pfeiff., Nomencl. Bot. 2(1): 582 (1873), nom. superfl.
  • Papaver sect. Scapiflora Elkan, Tent. Monogr. Papaver: 16 (1839) [2 Oct.], nom. superfl.

Note: See Krivenko (2023) for species names that are likely to be added in due course.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Denmark, Finland (introduced), Føroyar, Iceland, Norway, Svalbard, Sweden. Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe France, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Bulgaria, Italy, Romania, Yugoslavia. Regional: Eastern Europe North European Russia. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Siberia Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Yakutskiya. Regional: Russian Far East Amur, Khabarovsk, Kuril Islands, Magadan, Primorye, Sakhalin. Regional: Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan. Regional: Western Asia Afghanistan. Regional: China China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, Tibet (introduced), Xinjiang. Regional: Mongolia Mongolia. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Pakistan, West Himalaya. Continental: Northern America (introduced) Regional: Subarctic America Alaska, Greenland. Regional: Eastern Canada Labrador. Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Argentina South (introduced). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Banfi, E.A., Bartolucci, F., Tison, J. & Galasso, G. 2022. A new genus for Papaver sect. Meconella and new combinations in Roemeria (Papaveraceae) in Europe and the Mediterranean area. Natural History Sciences 9(1): 67–72. DOI: 10.4081/nhs.2022.556 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Galasso, G., Banfi, E.A. & Bartolucci, F. 2023. New combinations in Oreomecon. The Plant Review 5(4): 54–57. Reference page. 
• Grey-Wilson, C. 2023. Saving Meconopsis. The Plant Review 5(4): 58. Reference page. 
• Krivenko, D.A. 2023. New combinations in the genus Oreomecon (Papaveraceae). Novitates Systematicae Plantarum Vascularium 54: 97–100. DOI: 10.31111/novitates/2023.54.06 97–100 PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Oreomecon in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Apr 27. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Oreomecon. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Apr 2024.
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Oreomecon. Published online. Accessed: 27 Apr 2024. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Oreomecon. Accessed: 27 Apr 2024.