Papaver orientale

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ranunculales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Ordo: Ranunculales

Familia: Papaveraceae
Subfamilia: Papaveroideae
Tribus: Papavereae
Genus: Papaver
Sectio: P. sect. Macrantha
Species: Papaver orientale

Name

Papaver orientale L. (1753)

Typus: grown at Chelsea. Physic Garden, London, from seed from the Caucasus region, Herb. Lindley.

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Calomecon orientale (L.) Spach, Hist. Veg. Phan. vol. 7, 9 (1838).
- Papaver spectabile Salisb. in Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 377 (1796), nom. superfl.
Heterotypic
- Papaver dzeghamicum Medvyedev, Act. Hort. Tiflis 18. 15 (1915), in clavi.
- Papaver orientale var. parviflora N.Busch., Fl. Cauc. Crit. 3: 4 41 (1905).
- Papaver orientale var. paucifoliatum Trautv., Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 4: 346 (1876).
- Papaver paucifoliatum (Trautv.) Fedde, Pflanzenr. (Engler) 4. 104(Heft 40): 366 (1909).
- Papaver grandiflorum Moench in Methodus: 250 (1794)
- Papaver lateritium subsp. monanthum (Trautv.) Kadereit in Edinburgh J. Bot. 53: 305 (1996)
- Papaver monanthum Trautv. in Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3, 10: 293 (1866)
- Papaver oreophilum var. monanthum (Trautv.) N.Busch in Fl. Caucas. Crit. 3(4): 45 (1905)
- Papaver orientale f. flavolactescens Kuntze in Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 10: 158 (1887)
- Papaver orientale var. monanthum (Trautv.) Trautv. in Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 4: 346 (1876)
- Papaver orientale var. normale Kuntze in Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 10: 158 (1887)

Hybrids

Papaver × pseudo-orientale E.G.Camus

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-temperate
- Regional: Southwestern Asia
  - Iran, Turkey
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus
- Introduced into:
  - Afghanistan, Colorado, Finland, Great Britain, Iowa, Italy, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Tadzhikistan, Utah, Uzbekistan, Virginia, Wisconsin

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 508. Reference page.

Additional references

Lack, H.W. (2019). The discovery and naming of Papaver orientale s.l. (Papaveraceae) with notes on its nomenclature and early cultivation. Candollea 74: 47-64.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Papaver orientale in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 February 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. 22. Published online. Accessed: February 2025. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Papaver orientale. Accessed: 22 February 2025.
Tropicos.org 2025. Papaver orientale. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 February 2025.

Vernacular names

čeština: Mák východní
Deutsch: Türkischer Mohn
English: oriental poppy
suomi: Idänunikko
magyar: Keleti mák, díszpipacs, keleti pipacs
lietuvių: Rytinė aguona
polski: Mak wschodni
русский: Мак восточный
slovenščina: Turški mak
Türkçe: Gelincik (Türk Gelinciği)