See text Semiaquilegia is a genus of flowering plants of the family Ranunculaceae, native to eastern Asia.

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew's Plants of the World Online accepts four species of Semiaquilegia.

[4]: 45 In 1920, British botanists James Ramsay Drummond and John Hutchinson published a paper, "A Revision of Isopyrum (Ranunculaceae) and Its Nearer Allies", in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew's Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information to address problems that had developed within the genus Isopyrum.

[4]: 46–47 The generic name Semiaquilegia is derived from the name for the genus Aquilegia (columbines), to which they are closely related, and literally translates as "half-columbines".

[2][4]: 45–47  There are four species accepted by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew's Plants of the World Online:[6] Semiaquilegia is native to East Asia.

[3] If the genus is understood as only encompassing Semiaquilegia adoxoides, its range extends across China, Japan, and Korea.