Roemeria

For the taxonomic synonym of a genus of plants described by Raddi, see Riccardia.

Roemeria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae, native to Macaronesia, Europe, the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Caucasus, the Middle East, the Arabian Peninsula, Central Asia, the western Himalayas, Pakistan, Xinjiang, and Mongolia.^[1] A 2006 molecular analysis revised the taxonomy of Papaver, elevating Roemeria to the genus level, and including the species formerly in Papaver sect. Argemonidium.^[2]

Roemeria
Roemeria hybrida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Papaveraceae
Subfamily:	Papaveroideae
Tribe:	Papavereae
Genus:	Roemeria Medik.
Species
See text

Species

The following species are accepted:^[1]

• Roemeria apula (Ten.) Banfi, Bartolucci, J.-M.Tison & Galasso
• Roemeria argemone (L.) C.Morales, R.Mend. & Romero García
• Roemeria armenii (M.V.Agab.) Banfi, Bartolucci, J.-M.Tison & Galasso
• Roemeria carica A.Baytop
• Roemeria davisii (Kadereit) Banfi, Bartolucci, J.-M.Tison & Galasso
• Roemeria hybrida (L.) DC.
• Roemeria macrostigma Bien. ex Fedde
• Roemeria meiklei (Kadereit) Banfi, Bartolucci, J.-M.Tison & Galasso
• Roemeria minor (Boivin) Banfi, Bartolucci, J.-M.Tison & Galasso
• Roemeria nigrotincta (Fedde) Banfi, Bartolucci, J.-M.Tison & Galasso
• Roemeria ocellata (Woronow) Banfi, Bartolucci, J.-M.Tison & Galasso
• Roemeria pavonina (Schrenk) Banfi, Bartolucci, J.-M.Tison & Galasso
• Roemeria procumbens Aarons. & Oppenh.
• Roemeria refracta DC.
• Roemeria sicula (Guss.) ined.
• Roemeria virchowii (Asch. & Sint. ex Boiss.) Banfi, Bartolucci, J.-M.Tison & Galasso