''Roemeria'' is a genus of flowering plants in 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 ...

, native to

Macaronesia Macaronesia (; ) is a collection of four volcanic archipelagos in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlantic, North Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of North Africa and Europe. Each archipelago is made up of a number of list of islands in the Atlantic Oc ...

, Europe, the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Caucasus, the Middle East, the Arabian Peninsula, Central Asia, the western Himalayas, Pakistan,

Xinjiang Xinjiang,; , SASM/GNC romanization, SASM/GNC: Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Sinkiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People' ...

, and Mongolia. A 2006 molecular analysis revised the taxonomy of ''

Papaver ''Papaver'' is a genus of 70–100 species of frost-tolerant annual plant, annuals, biennial plant, biennials, and perennial plant, perennials native plant, native to temperateness, temperate and cold regions of Eurasia, Africa and North America ...

'', elevating ''Roemeria'' to the genus level, and including the species formerly in ''Papaver'' sect. ''Argemonidium''.

Species

The following species are accepted: *'' Roemeria apula'' *'' Roemeria argemone'' *'' Roemeria armenii'' *''

Roemeria carica ''Roemeria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae, native to Macaronesia, Europe, the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Caucasus, the Middle East, the Arabian Peninsula, Central Asia, the western Himalayas, Pakistan, Xinjiang ...

'' *'' Roemeria davisii'' *'' Roemeria hybrida'' *'' Roemeria macrostigma'' *'' Roemeria meiklei'' *'' Roemeria minor'' *'' Roemeria nigrotincta'' *'' Roemeria ocellata'' *''

Roemeria pavonina ''Roemeria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae, native to Macaronesia, Europe, the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Caucasus, the Middle East, the Arabian Peninsula, Central Asia, the western Himalayas, Pakistan, Xinjiang ...

'' *'' Roemeria procumbens'' *'' Roemeria refracta'' *'' Roemeria sicula'' *'' Roemeria virchowii''

References

Papaveroideae Papaveraceae genera Flora of Madeira Flora of the Canary Islands Flora of North Africa Flora of Europe Flora of the Caucasus Flora of Western Asia Flora of the Arabian Peninsula Flora of Central Asia Flora of Pakistan Flora of West Himalaya Flora of Xinjiang Flora of Mongolia {{Papaveraceae-stub