''Coreanomecon'' is a

monotypic genus In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispe ...

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s belonging to the family

Papaveraceae The Papaveraceae, informally known as the poppy family, are an economically important family (biology), family of about 42 genera and approximately 775 known species of flowering plants in the order Ranunculales. The family is cosmopolitan dis ...

. Its native range is Korea. It contains only a single species, ''Coreanomecon hylomeconoides''.

Taxonomy

The genus ''Coreanomecon'' and the species ''Coreanomecon hylomeconoides'' were first described by

Takenoshin Nakai was a Japanese botany, botanist. In 19191919. Notulae and Plantas Japoniae at Koreae X XI. The Botanical Magazine (Tokyo) 33(395): 193–194. and 1930,1930. Plantae Japonicae & Koreanae. The Botanical Magazine (Tokyo) 44(526): 508. he published p ...

in 1935. The species has also been placed in ''

Chelidonium ''Chelidonium'', commonly known as celandines, is a small genus of flowering plants in the Papaveraceae, poppy family, This genus is native to northern Africa and Eurasia, where they are widespread, ranging from western Europe to east Asia.

'' and ''

Hylomecon ''Hylomecon'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae. Its species are native to China, Korea, Japan and the Russian Far East. Species , Plants of the World Online Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online taxonomic da ...

'', but both morphological and

molecular phylogenetic Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...

evidence suggest that although related to these genera, it forms a distinct lineage. Coreanomecon hylomeconoides 5 rev

References

Papaveraceae Monotypic Papaveraceae genera {{Papaveraceae-stub