Columbines and Meadow-Rues
Thalictroideae
Thalictroideae is a subfamily of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae (buttercups). The subfamily comprises twelve genera – including the type genus Thalictrum – which themselves contain at least 320 species. The native ranges of species within Thalictroideae are widely distributed across the Northern Hemisphere, with the subfamily's center of diversity located in East Asia. Modern native ranges among Thalictroideae species span Eurasia, Africa, and the Americas. Taxa of this subfamily have been the subject of substantial
9 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
columbines
genusAquilegia
meadow-rues
genusThalictrum
false rue anemones
genusEnemion
Isopyrum
genusIsopyrum
Semiaquilegia
genusSemiaquilegia
Leptopyrum
genusLeptopyrum
Dichocarpum
genusDichocarpum
Paraquilegia
genusParaquilegia
Urophysa
genusUrophysa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 746708.