Papaveraceae
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The Papaveraceae, informally called the poppy family, are an economically important family of about 42 genera and approximately 775 known species of flowering plants in the order Ranunculales. The fam
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Horned poppy (Glaucium sp.)
Roemeria sp.
Hypecoum procumbens
Papaver
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Papaver is a genus of 70–100 species of frost-tolerant annuals, biennials, and perennials native to temperate and cold regions of Eurasia, Africa and North America. It is the type genus of the poppy f
Papaveraceae
…farinose. The fruit of Platystemon is a schizocarp. The basic chromosome number, x, is 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, up to 12n = 84 (dodecaploidy) in species of Papaver, Argemone and Meconopsis. The Papaveraceae family includes many plants that produce alkaloids, including opium poppy (Papaver somniferum). Opium is…
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Illustration of Papaver argemone
Papaver spicatum
The fire poppy, Papaver californicum, is placed in a section, Papaver sect. Californicum, on its own.