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Sieversia is a genus of of the family Rosaceae. It is also in the subfamily Rosoideae, and tribe Colurieae.
Its native range is the Russian Far East (within the federal subjects of Kamchatka Krai, Khabarovsk Krai, Magadan Oblast, Primorsky Krai and Sakhalin Oblast including the Kuril Islands) to Japan and the Aleutian Islands.
The genus name of Sieversia is in honour of Johann August Carl Sievers (1762–1795), a German-born botanist who explored Central Asia, Siberia, and other Asian regions of the Russian Empire.
Lotte Burkhardt (2025). 9783946292265, Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. . ISBN 9783946292265 It was first described and published in Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Vol.5 on page 397 in 1811.
Known species
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