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Eriocapitella
Sign in to saveEriocapitella is a genus of flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. Plants of the genus are native to Asia. The generic name Eriocapitella roughly translates to "growing in a small woolly head", which refers to the hairy ovary and fruit of some members of the genus. Cultivated plants are commonly known as fall-blooming anemones.
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It is catalogued under topics including Eriocapitella, Ranunculaceae genera and Taxa named by Takenoshin Nakai.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderRanunculales
- FamilyRanunculaceae
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Eriocapitella is a genus of flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. Plants of the genus are native to Asia. The generic name Eriocapitella roughly translates to "growing in a small woolly head", which refers to the hairy ovary and fruit of some members of the genus. Cultivated plants are commonly known as fall-blooming anemones.
==Taxonomy== Eriocapitella was named by the Japanese botanist Takenoshin Nakai in 1941. It was proposed as a section of genus Anemone in 1991, but later segregated into genus Eriocapitella.
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