
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.