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Papaver somniferum
L.
- opium poppy
(plant)
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Papaver (Genus) - poppies
..Papaver alpinum (Species) - alpine poppy
..Papaver argemone (Species) - long pricklyhead poppy
..Papaver commutatum (Species)
..Papaver dubium (Species) - blindeyes
..Papaver exspectatum (Species)
..Papaver hybridum (Species) - round pricklyhead poppy
..Papaver laevigatum (Species)
..Papaver nigrotinctum (Species)
..Papaver radicatum (Species) - rooted poppy
..Papaver rhoeas (Species) - corn poppy
..Papaver sect. Argemonidium (Section)
..Papaver sect. Rhoeadium (Section)
..Papaver somniferum (Species) - opium poppy
....Papaver somniferum subsp. setigerum (Subspecies)
....Papaver somniferum subsp. somniferum (Subspecies)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
Linnaeus
Original generic combination
:
Types
Type of
:
Papaver
(Genus)
L. (1753)
Ref:
Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. 1913. Ill. Fl. N. U.S. ed. 2. 2 : 136. [7 Jun 1913].
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new
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Autonym
:
Papaver somniferum
subsp.
somniferum
L.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
slaapbol
Ref:
R. van der Meijden, 1990
: 159.
:
blauwmaanzaad
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
opium poppy
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