Papaver

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
Sectiones: P. sect. Argemonidium – P. sect. Californicum – P. sect. Carinatae – P. sect. Horrida – P. sect. Macrantha – P. sect. Meconidium – P. sect. Meconella – P. sect. Papaver – P. sect. Pilosa – P. sect. Rhoeadium
Species: P. acrochaetum – P. aculeatum – P. alaskanum – P. alberti – P. albiflorum – P. ammophilum – P. anadyrense – P. angustifolium – P. anjuicum – P. arachnoideum – P. arenarium – P. armeniacum – P. atlanticum – P. baitagense – P. bipinnatum – P. bracteatum – P. calcareum – P. californicum – P. cambricum – P. canescens – P. carmeli – P. chakassicum – P. chelidoniifolium – P. chionophilum – P. clavatum – P. coloradense – P. columbianum – P. commutatum – P. confine – P. coreanum – P. curviscapum – P. cyprium – P. czekanowskii – P. decaisnei – P. denalii – P. detritophilum – P. dubium – P. glabrum – P. glaucum – P. gorgoneum – P. gorodkovii – P. gorovanicum – P. gracile – P. halophilum – P. heterophyllum – P. holophyllum – P. hultenii – P. humile – P. hypsipetes – P. jacuticum – P. kachroianum – P. kuvajevii – P. labradoricum – P. laestadianum – P. laevigatum – P. lapponicum – P. lateritium – P. lecoqii – P. leiocarpum – P. leucotrichum – P. libanoticum – P. luculentum – P. macrostomum – P. mairei – P. malviflorum – P. maschukense – P. mcconnellii – P. microcarpum – P. minutiflorum – P. multiradiatum – P. nivale – P. oreophilum – P. orientale – P. pamporicum – P. paphium – P. pasquieri – P. persicum – P. pilosum – P. pinnatifidum – P. piptostigma – P. postii – P. pseudoradicatum – P. pulvinatum – P. purpureomarginatum – P. pygmaeum – P. rechingeri – P. rhoeas – P. roseoalbum – P. roseolum – P. rubroaurantiacum – P. rupifragum – P. saichanense – P. schamurinii – P. schelkovnikovii – P. setiferum – P. setosum – P. sheperdii – P. smirnovii – P. sokolovskajae – P. somniferum – P. stanovense – P. stewartianum – P. stubendorfii – P. talyshense – P. tatricum – P. tenellum – P. tenuifolium – P. tichomirovii – P. tolmatschevianum – P. turczaninovii – P. udocanicum – P. umbonatum – P. variegatum – P. walpolei – P. yildirimlii – P. zangesurum
Nothospecies: P. × bartuschianum – P. × boissierianum – P. × bourgeauanum – P. × godronii – P. × intercedens – P. × pseudotrilobum – P. × strigosum – P. × trilobum – P. × tuberculatum

This taxon list was last updated on 22 September 2023.

Name

Papaver L., Sp. Pl. 1: 506 (1753); Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 224 (1754).

Lectotype species: Papaver somniferum L., Sp. Pl. 1: 508 (1753) (designated by N.L. Britton et A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N.U.S. ed. 2. 2: 136. 7 Jun 1913, supported by M. L. Green, Prop. Brit. Bot. 160. Aug 1929).

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Roemeria Medik., Ann. Bot. (Usteri). 1(3): 15. (1792)
- Stylomecon Taylor, J. Bot. 68: 140. (1930)
- Meconopsis sect. Cambricae (Prain) Fedde in Engl., Pflanzenr. 4. 104(Heft 40): 251. 1909.
- Meconopsis ser. Cambricae Prain, Ann. Bot. 20: 343. 1906.

Note:

The genus Papaver as presented here is polyphyletic and might have to include Roemeria and Stylomecon or be split into several genera.

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 506. Reference page.
Linnaeus, C. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5: 224. Reference page.

Additional references

Banfi, E.A., Bartolucci, F., Tison, J. & Galasso, G. 2022. A new genus for Papaver sect. Meconella and new combinations in Roemeria (Papaveraceae) in Europe and the Mediterranean area. Natural History Sciences 9(1): 67–72. DOI: 10.4081/nhs.2022.556 Reference page.
Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions: from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. ed. 2. C. Scribner's sons, New York. Vol. 2: 136. Reference page.
Hitchcock, A.S. & Green, M.L. 1929. Standard species of Linnaean genera of Phanerogamae (1753–1754). pp. 111–195. In: Sprague, T.A. (ed.): International Botanical Congress. Cambridge (England), 1930. Nomenclature. Proposals by British Botanists. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London. Biblioteca Digital Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Papaver in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jan 21. Reference page. (incl. Meconopsis, Roemeria etc.)
Hassler, M. 2021. Papaver. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jan 21. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2021. Papaver. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Jan 2021.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Papaver in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2021 Jan 21.

Vernacular names

العربية: خشخاش
azərbaycanca: Lalə
žemaitėška: Agouna
беларуская: Мак
български: Мак
བོད་ཡིག: རྒྱ་མེན།
kaszëbsczi: Mak
čeština: mák
dansk: Valmue
Deutsch: Mohn
dolnoserbski: Mak
Ελληνικά: Παπαρούνα
English: Poppy
Esperanto: Papavo
español: Amapola
eesti: Magun
euskara: Papaver
فارسی: خشخاش
suomi: Unikot
français: Pavot
עברית: פרג
hrvatski: Makovi
hornjoserbsce: Mak
magyar: Mák
հայերեն: Խաշխաշ
日本語: ケシ属
ქართული: ყაყაჩო
한국어: 양귀비속
lietuvių: Aguona
Plattdüütsch: Manblaume (Vest Recklinghausen)
Nederlands: Klaproos
norsk: Valmuer
ирон: Дзæгъдзæгъгæнæг
polski: Mak
Runa Simi: P'akincha
română: Papaver
русский: Мак
slovenčina: mak
slovenščina: Mak
svenska: Vallmosläktet
Türkçe: Haşhaş
українська: Мак
中文: 罌粟屬