Semiaquilegia is a genus of flowering plants of the family Ranunculaceae, native to eastern Asia.

Semiaquilegia
Semiaquilegia adoxoides
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Subfamily: Thalictroideae
Genus: Semiaquilegia
Makino[1]
Species

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Etymology

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The generic name Semiaquilegia is derived from the name for the genus Aquilegia, the columbines, to which they are closely related.

Species

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Species are regularly described, synonymized, or reassigned to other genera, so presently only one is considered valid by most authorities; the type species Semiaquilegia adoxoides. Species names associated with Semiaquilegia are as follows:

References

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  1. ^ Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 16: 119. 1902