Papaveraceae - Wikipedia
The Papaveraceae, / pəˌpævəˈreɪsiˌiː / [2] informally known as the poppy family, are an economically important family of about 42 genera and approximately 775 known species [3] of flowering plants in the order Ranunculales.
Papaveraceae | Description, Characteristics, & Examples | Britannica
Papaveraceae, the poppy family of flowering plants (order Ranunculales), with 44 genera and 825 species. Most of these are herbaceous plants, but the family also includes some woody shrubs and a genus of small tropical trees. The family is outstanding for its many garden ornamentals and pharmaceutically important plants.
list of plants in the family Papaveraceae - Encyclopedia Britannica
The poppy family of flowering plants (Papaveraceae) features 44 genera and 760 species, a number of which are common garden ornamentals. Most of the members are herbaceous plants found in the Northern Hemisphere, but several species are woody shrubs or small tropical trees.
Papaveraceae is renowned worldwide for its beautiful and useful plants • The family is mainly in the Northern Hemisphere with numerous species in Eastern Asia as well as western North America, including California • The family is noted for its alkaloids and opiates, which are widely used in medicine as well as misused as narcotics
Poppy | Description, Major Species, Uses, & Facts | Britannica
poppy, any of several flowering plants of the poppy family (Papaveraceae), especially species of the genus Papaver. Most poppies are found in the Northern Hemisphere, and several species of poppies are cultivated as garden ornamentals.
Papaver - Wikipedia
Papaver / pəˈpeɪvər / [2] 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.
Family: Papaveraceae — poppy family - Go Botany
Family: Papaveraceae — poppy family. Species in the Papaveraceae in our region are annual or perennial herbs with leaves that usually grow alternately along the stem. The leaf blades are usually lobed, or divided into leaflets. The stems and leaves contain latex, a milky or colored sap.
Papaveraceae - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
The Papaveraceae consist of annual or perennial herbs, shrubs, or small (sometimes pachycaulous) trees, with milky latex from articulated laticifers in some taxa. The leaves are spiral to subopposite, usually lobed to divided or dissected, exstipulate. The inflorescence is a solitary flower or cyme.
poppy family (Family Papaveraceae) - iNaturalist
The Papaveraceae, /pəpeɪvəˈreɪsiː/ or /pəpɑːvəˈreɪsiː/, are an economically important family of about 42 genera and approximately 775 known species of flowering plants in the order Ranunculales, informally known as the poppy family.
Papaveraceae - SpringerLink
Annual, biennial or perennial herbs, rarely woody shrubs or trees. Plants with milky or watery latex in laticifers in all parts except seeds. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite or whorled, pinnately or less often palmately veined, mostly variously divided, without...