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Papaver
Papaver /pəˈpeɪvər/ 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.
25 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Rhoeadium
sectionRhoeadium
Section Papaver
sectionPapaver
Welsh Poppy
speciesPapaver cambricum
Section Macrantha
sectionMacrantha
wind poppy
speciesPapaver heterophyllum
Pseudopilosa
sectionPseudopilosa
fire poppy
speciesPapaver californicum
Meconidium
sectionMeconidium
Carinatae
sectionCarinatae
Syrian Poppy
speciesPapaver syriacum
Pilosa
sectionPilosa
Papaver bipinnatum
speciesPapaver bipinnatum
Papaver paucifoliatum
speciesPapaver paucifoliatum
Papaver tichomirovii
speciesPapaver tichomirovii
Papaver × godronii
hybridPapaver × godronii
Papaver jacuticum
speciesPapaver jacuticum
Papaver alberti
speciesPapaver alberti
Papaver × trilobum
hybridPapaver × trilobum
Papaver × tuberculatum
hybridPapaver × tuberculatum
Papaver postii
speciesPapaver postii
Papaver halophilum
speciesPapaver halophilum
Papaver × monetii
hybridPapaver × monetii
Papaver × bartuschianum
hybridPapaver × bartuschianum
Hultén's poppy
speciesPapaver hultenii
Papaver tenellum
speciesPapaver tenellum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Garden of Health
1507 · p.243
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.549
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.259
Herbarius latinus (with French synonyms)
1486 · p.233
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.548
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.312
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.629
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.629
Herbarius
1485 · p.232
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.565
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.684
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.474
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Papaver in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 52504.