''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
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, Europe, the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Caucasus, the Middle East, the Arabian Peninsula, Central Asia, the western Himalayas, Pakistan,
Xinjiang
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, 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:
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Roemeria apula''
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Roemeria argemone''
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Roemeria armenii''
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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 ...
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Roemeria davisii''
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Roemeria hybrida
''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 ...
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Roemeria macrostigma''
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Roemeria meiklei''
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Roemeria minor''
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Roemeria nigrotincta''
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Roemeria ocellata''
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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 ...
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Roemeria procumbens''
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Roemeria refracta''
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Roemeria sicula
''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 ...
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Roemeria virchowii
''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 ...
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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
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