Roemeria

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Ordo: Ranunculales

Familia: Papaveraceae
Subfamilia: Papaveroideae
Tribus: Papavereae
Genus: Roemeria
Species: R. carica – R. hybrida – R. refracta
Name

Roemeria Medik., Ann. Bot. (Usteri). 1(3): 15 (1792).

Type species: R. violacea Medik., nom. illeg. superfl. = Roemeria hybrida (L.) DC.

Note: This is a taxonomic opinion accepted by Hassler (2021), but considered as synonym of Papaver by Govaerts (2021) with Roemeria carica as an unplaced name, so this taxon page should remain, as WS can not take sides.
Homonyms

Roemeria Moench, Methodus: 341 (1794), nom. illeg. vide Amaranthus L. (1753) (Amaranthaceae)
Roemeria Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 1: 61 (1817), nom. illeg. vide Diarrhena P.Beauv. (1812) (Poaceae)

References
Primary references

Medikus, F.K. 1792. Annalen der Botanick 1(3): 15

Links

Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Roemeria (Medikus) in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2009 Nov 11.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Roemeria in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 22. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Roemeria. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Roemeria. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 22 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Roemeria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 22.