Pulsatilla patens

Species of flowering plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pulsatilla patens is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to Europe, Russia, Mongolia, and China.[1] Common names include Eastern pasqueflower and cutleaf anemone.[2]

Clade:Embryophytes
Clade:Tracheophytes
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
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Pulsatilla patens
In Poland
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Pulsatilla
Species:
P. patens
Binomial name
Pulsatilla patens
Synonyms[1]
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    • Anemone bauhini Tausch
    • Anemone longipetala Schleich. ex Steud.
    • Anemone nuttallii Nutt.
    • Anemone patens L.
    • Anemone patens var. pinnatifolia Wilensky
    • Anemone patens var. rosea Cockerell
    • Pulsatilla bauhini Tausch ex Pritz.
    • Pulsatilla kioviensis Wissjul. Pulsatilla patens f. albiflora
    • X.F.Zhao ex Y.Z.Zhao Pulsatilla patens var. kioviensis
    • (Wissjul.) Tzvelev Pulsatilla pseudopatens
    • Schur Pulsatilla uralensis
    • (Zämelis) Tzvelev
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Taxonomy

It was first formally named in 1753 as Anemone patens[3] and is sometimes still considered part of that genus.[4] The species Pulsatilla nuttalliana, the pasqueflower native to much of North America,[5] is sometimes considered a subspecies or variety of Pulsatilla patens.[2][6]

Two subspecies are accepted:[1]

  • Pulsatilla patens subsp. patens
  • Pulsatilla patens subsp. multifida (Pritz.) Zämelis

Cultural associations

Pulsatilla patens is the regional flower of the region of Kanta-Häme in Finland.[7]

References

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