Bocconia

Bocconia is a genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, Papaveraceae, that contains 10 species. Carl Linnaeus chose the name to honor the Italian botanist Paolo Boccone (1633–1704). It is native to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America (Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and northwest Argentina).

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10 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Parrotweed

speciesBocconia frutescens

Bocconia arborea

speciesBocconia arborea

Bocconia latisepala

speciesBocconia latisepala

Entire-leaved Tree Celandine

speciesBocconia integrifolia

Bocconia vulcanica

speciesBocconia vulcanica

Bocconia hintoniorum

speciesBocconia hintoniorum

Bocconia glaucifolia

speciesBocconia glaucifolia

Bocconia gracilis

speciesBocconia gracilis

Bocconia pubibractea

speciesBocconia pubibractea

Bocconia macbrideana

speciesBocconia macbrideana

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Recorded sightings

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

New Genera of American Plants

Charles Plumier · 1703 · p.145

Christoph Jakob Trew — Uitgezochte planten (1771)

Christoph Jakob Trew · 1771 · p.100

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 133167.