Isopyrum
Encyclopedia
Isopyrum is a genus
of flowering plant
s of the family Ranunculaceae
native to Eurasia
. It is sometimes treated as part of the North American genus Enemion
.
Species include:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s of the family Ranunculaceae
Ranunculaceae
Ranunculaceae are a family of about 1700 species of flowering plants in about 60 genera, distributed worldwide....
native to Eurasia
Eurasia
Eurasia is a continent or supercontinent comprising the traditional continents of Europe and Asia ; covering about 52,990,000 km2 or about 10.6% of the Earth's surface located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres...
. It is sometimes treated as part of the North American genus Enemion
Enemion
Enemion is a genus of flowering plants in the buttercup family known by the common name False rue anemone. Enemion biternatum is native to the eastern half of North America , while several other species are native to the West Coast.-External links:**...
.
Species include:
- Isopyrum occidentale (syn. Enemion occidentale)
- Isopyrum stipitatum (syn. Enemion stipitatum)
- Isopyrum thalictroides