A case study on <i>Anemone hortensis</i> L. (Ranunculaceae): the misapplication of <i>A. pavonina</i> Lam. and <i>A. fulgens</i> (DC) Rchb. has led to taxonomic and nomenclatural confusion.

ABSTRACT: Anemone hortensis L. was typified on a specimen with red flowers and obovate tepals cultivated in the Netherlands, originally introduced from the eastern Mediterranean. This red-flowered variant of the species has been in cultivation in northern Europe since the 16^th century and is now widely naturalised in northwest Italy and southeast and southwest France. Anemone fulgens (DC.) Rchb., also with red flowers, is shown to be a synonym of A. hortensis. Anemone pavonina Lam. is revealed to have been based on a teratological red-flowered specimen of A. hortensis with multiple tepals and is recognised here as A. hortensis var. pavonina (Lam.) Gren. and Godr. Plants across the range of the species with lanceolate, frequently lilac or purple tepals, w

SUBMITTER: Compton JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12489496 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature