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Ranunculaceae (anemone family) Life
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Sixty-two genera and 2525 species (worldwide), with seven
genera and 26 species indigenous to southern Africa. An additional 12 genera and
30 species are cultivated in the region.
Species indigenous to southern Africa
List from Dreyer and Jordaan (2000).
Anemone
About 120 species (worldwide), with three species indigenous to southern
Africa. An additional two species are cultivated in the region. |
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Clematis
About 230 species (temperate regions and tropical Africa), with four species
indigenous to southern Africa. An additional 12 species are cultivated in
the region. |
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Clematopsis
Eighteen species (tropical and southern Africa, Madagascar), with one
species, Clematopsis scabiosifolia, indigenous to southern Africa. |
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Knowltonia
About eight species, all indigenous to southern Africa, with one species,
Knowltonia transvaalensis, extending further north into central Africa. |
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Myosurus
Fifteen species (mainly temperate regions), with one species, Myosurus
minimus (Mousetail), endemic to the Western Cape. |
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Ranunculus
About 250 species (cosmopolitan), with seven species indigenous to southern
Africa. An additional five species are cultivated in the region. |
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Thalictrum
About 85 species (America, Africa), with two species indigenous to southern
Africa. |
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Other genera, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Aconitum
Three species cultivated. |
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Adonis aestivalis
Indigenous from Europe to southwest Asia. |
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Aquilegia (columbine genus)
Four species cultivated. |
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Caltha
Two species cultivated. |
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Consolida
Three species cultivated. |
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Delphinium
Five species cultivated. |
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Helleborus
Three species cultivated. |
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Nigella
Two species cultivated. |
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Paeonia lactiflora (Peony)
Indigenous from Siberia to China. |
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Pulsatilla
Two species cultivagted. |
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Thalictrum
Three species cultivated. |
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Trollius chinensis
Indigenous to China. |
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Publications
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Dreyer, L.L. and Jordaan, M. 2000. Ranunculaceae. In: Seed Plants of
Southern Africa (ed. O.A. Leistner). Strelitzia 10: 463-464.
National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of
Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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