Papaver
Sign in to savePapaver is a genus of 70–100 species of frost-tolerant annuals, biennials, and perennials native to temperate and cold regions of Eurasia, Africa and North America. It is the type genus of the poppy family, Papaveraceae.
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Papaver is a genus of flowering plants that includes 70–100 species of poppies adapted to cold climates, found naturally across Eurasia, Africa, and North America. As the founding genus of the poppy family, it serves as the reference point for classifying all other members of that plant family.
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Taxonomy · GBIF
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderRanunculales
- FamilyPapaveraceae
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- flowering plant
- Parent taxon
- Papaveroideae
- Image
- Shirley Poppy - red and white stripes 01.jpg
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7 sectionsContents
- Description
- Taxonomy
- Phylogeny of ''Papaver'' and related genera
- Species
- History and uses
- References
- External links
Papaver is a genus of 70–100 species of frost-tolerant annuals, biennials, and perennials native to temperate and cold regions of Eurasia, Africa and North America. It is the type genus of the poppy family, Papaveraceae.
==Description== The flowers have two sepals that fall off as the bud opens, and four (or up to six) petals in red, pink, orange, yellow, or lilac. There are many stamens in several whorls around a compound pistil, which results from the fusion of carpels. The stigmas are visible on top of the capsule, and the number of stigmas corresponds to the number of fused carpels.