Papaveraceae

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, Albania, Algeria, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central European Russia, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, France, Free State, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf States, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Libya, Madeira, Mexico Northwest, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Northwest European Russia, NW. Balkan Pen., Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Türkey, Türkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Yemen

Introduced into:

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

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

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?
Jan 1, 1967 Schimper, W. [125] Egypt K000653148 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1967 [Sintenis] [1096] Türkiye K000653159 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Aucher-Eloy [4047] Iran K000653151 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1956 Kotschy, T. [253] Iran K000653135 Type Yes
Townsend, C.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K003263277 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [36] Greece K003262707 Yes
Davis, P.H. [40566] Greece K003263270 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [140] Greece K003262694 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [34] Greece K003262709 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [138] Greece K003262685 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K003263276 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004006427 Yes
Whiting, M.M.; Richmond, K. [171] Morocco K003264547 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [147] Greece K003262692 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [49] Greece K003262720 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [129] Greece K003262751 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [113] Greece K003262737 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [148] Greece K003262698 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003263283 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [46B] Greece K003262724 Yes
Hooker [s.n.] Morocco K003264560 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [112] Greece K003262736 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [44] Greece K003262699 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [45] Greece K003262723 Yes
Faure, A. [s.n.] Algeria K003264557 Yes
Pampanini, R.; Pichi Sermolli, R. [2832] Libya K003264568 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [122] Greece K003262746 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [116] Greece K003262740 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [115] Greece K003262739 Yes
K:SPC-22196.000 No
Schweinfurth, G. [5] Libya K003264566 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Morocco K003264554 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [125] Greece K003262749 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [133] Greece K003262757 Yes
Trethewy, A.W. [169] Morocco K003264548 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [38] Greece K003262705 Yes
Davis; Coode; Yaltirik [D.37903] Türkiye K001634758 Yes
Davis; Coode; Yaltirik [D.38330] Türkiye K001634761 Yes
Jacobesen, N. [s.n.] K003263272 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [123] Greece K003262747 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K003263278 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [41] Greece K003262702 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [127] Greece K003262754 Yes
Sprague; Marquand [s.n.] United Kingdom K003263273 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004006430 Yes
Pitard, C.-J. [3007] Morocco K003264553 Yes
Hooker [s.n.] Morocco K003264558 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [120] Greece K003262744 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [111] Greece K003262735 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [135] Greece K003262688 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K003263275 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K003263279 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [39] Greece K003262704 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [62] Greece K003262731 Yes
Keith, H.G. [s.n.] Libya K003264569 Yes
[Choulette] [s.n.] Algeria K003264563 Yes
Park, C.B. [320] Libya K003264570 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [145] Greece K003262690 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [134] Greece K003262689 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [128] Greece K003262752 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [146] Greece K003262691 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [110] Greece K003262734 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [137] Greece K003262686 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [143] Greece K003262696 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [37] Greece K003262706 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [57] Greece K003262726 Yes
Pitard, C.-J. [2907] Morocco K003264549 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [47] Greece K003262722 Yes
Albury; Cheese; Watson [923] Lebanon K003264537 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [55] Greece K003262714 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [109] Greece K003262733 Yes
Davis, P.H. [40565] Greece K003263269 Yes
Hooker [s.n.] Morocco K003264559 Yes
Kralik, L. [27] Tunisia K003264564 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [32] Greece K003262712 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [59] Greece K003262728 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [130] Greece K003262755 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [58A] Greece K003262727 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [119] Greece K003262743 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [56] Greece K003262725 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004006425 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [54] Greece K003262715 Yes
Kirk, A. [H1420/1935] United Kingdom K003263281 Yes
Whiting, M.M.; Richmond, K. [84] Morocco K003264546 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Algeria K003264562 Yes
Chevallier, L.P.D. [s.n.] Algeria K003264571 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [31] Greece K003262711 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [124] Greece K003262748 Yes
Trethewy, A.W. [354] Morocco K003264556 Yes
Smith, A.R. [650627/1] United Kingdom K003263268 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004006426 Yes
Eyerdam, W.J. [s.n.] Russia K000653197 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tedd, H.G. [48] Greece K003262721 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004006429 Yes
Whiting, M.M.; Richmond, K. [251] Morocco K003264545 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [53] Greece K003262716 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004006428 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [114] Greece K003262738 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [35] Greece K003262708 Yes
s.coll. [373] Algeria K003264561 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [51] Greece K003262718 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [144] Greece K003262697 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003263282 Yes
Meikle, R.D. K:SPC-03708.000 No
Tedd, H.G. [132] Greece K003262756 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [33] Greece K003262713 Yes
Trethewy, A.W. [170] Morocco K003264550 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [141] Greece K003262693 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K003263274 Yes
Burton [s.n.] Egypt K000653149 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallroth [s.n.] K000653107 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003263271 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [60] Greece K003262729 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [63] Greece K003262732 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [50] Greece K003262719 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [142] Greece K003262695 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [61] Greece K003262730 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [42] Greece K003262701 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [118] Greece K003262742 Yes
Whiting, M.M.; Richmond, K. [75] Morocco K003264555 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [136] Greece K003262687 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [40] Greece K003262703 Yes
Trethewy, A.W. [141] Morocco K003264551 Yes
Keith, H.G. [s.n.] Libya K003264565 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [30] Greece K003262710 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [139] Greece K003262684 Yes
Davis [40565] Greece K003263280 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [126] Greece K003262753 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Morocco K003264552 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [43] Greece K003262700 Yes
Keith [s.n.] Libya K003264567 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [52] Greece K003262717 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [117] Greece K003262741 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [131] Greece K003262750 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [121] Greece K003262745 Yes
Iran K000653150 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

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