- Family: Papaveraceae Juss.
Argemone L.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Herbs, sometimes perennial and shrubby
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves sessile, pinnately lobed or incised with a dentate prickly margin
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers terminal or arranged in cymes
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals (2–)3(–6)
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals usually white or yellow and in 2 whorls of 3
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Carpels
- Carpels (3–)4–6(–7), the stigmatic lobes same number as carpels and opposite the placentas
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule opening by means of valves.
- Distribution
- Genus of 33 species in America, the West Indies and on Hawaii, one now a pantropical weed.
[FTEA]
Papaveraceae, G. L. Lucas (East African Herbarium). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1962
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or biennial herbs, sometimes perennial and shrubby
- Morphology Stem
- Stems glaucous, erect to 1.5 m. high, unarmed to prickly
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves glaucous, sessile, pinnately lobed or incised with a dentate prickly margin, and often the surface prickly
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers large, terminal or cymose
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals (2–)3(–6) with a subterminal terete horn ; outer surface usually sparsely prickly
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals 6, normally in 2 whorls of 3, usually white or yellow
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Anthers basifixed ; filaments filiform
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Carpels
- Carpels (3–)4–6(–7) ; stigmatic lobes same number as carpels and opposite the placentas
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule opening by means of valves
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds brown-black, up to 3 mm. in diameter ; embryo larger than in other genera, i.e. about 2/3 seed-length.
[FZ]
Papaveraceae, A. W. Exell. Flora Zambesiaca 1:1. 1960
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or biennial herbs (rarely perennial and somewhat shrubby) with yellow latex.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves pinnate-lobed or incised, usually spiny.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals 3, horned at the apex.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals 6.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens numerous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Carpels
- Carpels 3 (4–6); stigmas the same number as the carpels and alternating with the placentas.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule usually spiny.
Native to:
Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Belize, Bolivia, California, Chile Central, Chile North, Colorado, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Nicaragua, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Paraguay, Peru, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Uruguay, Utah, Wyoming
Introduced into:
Angola, Arkansas, Aruba, Ascension, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Benin, Bermuda, Botswana, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Cayman Is., China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, Free State, French Guiana, Galápagos, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Guyana, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kentucky, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madeira, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mauritius, Michigan, Missouri, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Ontario, Pakistan, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sudan, Sulawesi, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Togo, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Yemen, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Argemone aenea Ownbey
- Argemone albiflora Hornem.
- Argemone arida Rose
- Argemone arizonica Ownbey
- Argemone aurantiaca Ownbey
- Argemone brevicornuta Ownbey
- Argemone burkartii Sorarú
- Argemone chisosensis Ownbey
- Argemone corymbosa Greene
- Argemone crassifolia Ownbey
- Argemone echinata Ownbey
- Argemone fruticosa Thurb. ex A.Gray
- Argemone glauca (Nutt. ex Prain) Pope
- Argemone gracilenta Greene
- Argemone grandiflora Sweet
- Argemone hispida A.Gray
- Argemone hunnemannii A.Dietr.
- Argemone × hybrida R.Otto & Verloove
- Argemone mexicana L.
- Argemone munita Durand & Hilg.
- Argemone ochroleuca Sweet
- Argemone parva (S.L.Welsh) N.H.Holmgren & P.K.Holmgren
- Argemone pinnatisecta (G.B.Ownbey) S.D.Cerv. & C.D.Bailey
- Argemone platyceras Link & Otto
- Argemone pleiacantha Greene
- Argemone polyanthemos (Fedde) Ownbey
- Argemone rosea Hook.
- Argemone sanguinea Greene
- Argemone squarrosa Greene
- Argemone subalpina A.McDonald
- Argemone subfusiformis Ownbey
- Argemone subintegrifolia Ownbey
- Argemone superba Ownbey
- Argemone turnerae A.M.Powell
Argemone L. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Sp. Pl.: 508 (1753)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- —F.T.A. 1: 54.
Flora Zambesiaca
- Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 225 (1754).
- Sp. Pl. 1: 508 (1753)
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5 : 225 (1754)
- Ownbey in Mem. Torr. Bot. Club 21(1) : 21 (1958)
- Prain in J.B. 33 : 130 (1895)
- Sp. Pl. : 508 (1753)
Flora Zambesiaca
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Flora of Somalia
Flora of Somalia
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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