| Anemone patens L. | |
| Publ. & Syn. | L., Sp. Pl.: 538 (1753). Described from Siberia and Germany. Lectotype (UPS): Herb. Burser IX:93 (Jonsell and Jarvis 1994: 160). - Pulsatilla patens (L.) Mill., Gard. Dict., ed. 8: Pulsatilla no. 4 (1768). |
| Notes | Petrovsky (1971a) discussed the relationships among the Asian and North American Pulsatillas but not their possible relationship to the European and western Siberian Anemone patens. Other authors (e.g., Zamelis 1926; Hultén and Fries 1986; Dutton et al. 1997; Lindell 2001) have considered these taxa widely distributed and parapatric races of one species for which A. patens is the priority name. We follow that approach. The Asian plant denoted Anemone (Pulsatilla) multifida and the North American one previously denoted Anemone (Pulsatilla) hirsutissima or ludoviciana are nearly identical and probably a case of duplicate Russian and American naming. We merge them in one race as done by Dutton et al. (1997). |
| Chromosomes | (1) 16 (2x). - Baumberger (1970). (2) 32 (4x). - Alaska, Canada, U.S.A.?, South America. - Numerous reports. |
| Geography | European - Asian - amphi-Beringian - North American (NW). |
| Parent taxon | Anemone L. |
| Child taxa |
Anemone patens subsp. angustifolia (Turcz.) L. Anemone patens subsp. multifida (Pritz.) L. |
| PAF ID | 360913 |