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. World Plants only provisionally accepts his species, whereas Hassler and Govaerts are yet to include any of his combinations.

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.
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Oreomecon. Accessed: 27 Apr 2024.