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Eriocapitella vitifolia

(Eriocapitella vitifolia)

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Description

Eriocapitella vitifolia (Synonyms: Anemone vitifolia), a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, is native to Asia. The specific epithet vitifolia means "vine-leaved, with leaves resembling those of Vitis", the genus of grapevines, and so the plant is commonly called the grape-leaved anemone or grape-leaved windflower. In Chinese, a common name is ye mian hua, which means "wild cotton". Eriocapitella vitifolia was described by Takenoshin Nakai in 1941. Like other members of genus Eriocapitella, E. vitifolia was formerly a member of genus Anemone. The basionym Anemone vitifolia Buch.-Ham. ex DC. was described in 1817. Along with E. japonica, E. vitifolia is a parent of the hybrid E. × hybrida. Eriocapitella vitifolia along with four other taxa (E. hupehensis, E. japonica, E. tomentosa, and E. × hybrida) are known as fall-blooming anemones. In its native habitat, E. vitifolia flowers from July to October. 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. 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. Plants of genus Eriocapitella are native to Asia. They are found throughout the Himalaya region, across much of East Asia and Southeast Asia, ranging as far south as Sumatra. Western Himalaya: Afghanistan, Pakistan, India Eastern Himalaya: Nepal, Assam (northeast India), Tibet, Qinghai (northwest China) East and Southeast Asia: China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar South Asia: Sri Lanka Plants of the genus have been introduced to Czechoslovakia, Ecuador, Germany, Japan, Korea, and elsewhere. Plants of genus Eriocapitella have been cultivated since at least the 17th century, probably as far back as the Chinese Tang dynasty (618–907). During that time, a form of E. hupehensis with smaller, semi-double flowers and pink sepals escaped cultivation and spread across China to Japan and Korea. This form of E. hupehensis, brought to England from China by the plant explorer Robert Fortune in 1843, became known as the Japanese anemone (E. japonica)..

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Ranunculales
Family:Ranunculaceae
Genus:Eriocapitella
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