Papaver

Papaver
Papaver setigerum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Papaveraceae
Subfamily: Papaveroideae
Tribe: Papavereae
Genus: Papaver
L.
Type species
Papaver somniferum
L.[1]

Papaver /pəˈpvər/[2] 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 family, Papaveraceae.

  1. ^ Robert W. Kiger (1973). "Sectional nomenclature in Papaver L.". Taxon. 22 (5/6): 579–582. doi:10.2307/1218633. JSTOR 1218633.
  2. ^ Kathleen Norris Brenzel Sunset Western Garden Book, (1995) pp. 606–607 ISBN 0-376-03874-8

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