Papaver L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 506 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. & Subtropical Northern Hemisphere, S. Africa.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amur, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Colorado, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, France, Free State, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Gulf States, Hungary, Idaho, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Labrador, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Libya, Madeira, Magadan, Manchuria, Mexico Northwest, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Mexico, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nunavut, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Québec, Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, South European Russi, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Yukon

Introduced into:

Alabama, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Bolivia, Cambodia, Chile Central, Chile South, China Southeast, Connecticut, Cuba, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., Finland, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, Illinois, Iowa, Juan Fernández Is., Kansas, Kentucky, Laos, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Myanmar, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, Newfoundland, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Peru, Qinghai, Queensland, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Australia, South Carolina, Taiwan, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Tristan da Cunha, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Wisconsin

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1993). Flora Europaea ed. 2, 1: 1-581. Cambridge University Press.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
22196.000 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images