Argemone
| Argemone | |
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| Argemone subfusiformis | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Papaveraceae |
| Subfamily: | Papaveroideae |
| Tribe: | Papavereae |
| Genus: | Argemone L.[1] |
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Argemone is a genus of flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae commonly known as prickly poppies.[2] There are about 32 species native to the Americas and Hawaii.[3] The generic name originated as ἀργεμώνη in Greek and was applied by Dioscorides to a poppy-like plant used to treat cataracts.[4][5]
Selected species
[edit]- Argemone aenea G.B. Ownbey – golden prickly poppy
- Argemone albiflora Hornem – bluestem prickly poppy
- Argemone albiflora subsp. albiflora
- Argemone albiflora subsp. texana G.B.Ownbey
- Argemone arizonica G.B.Ownbey – Arizona prickly poppy
- Argemone aurantiaca G.B.Ownbey – Texas prickly poppy
- Argemone chisosensis G.B.Ownbey – Chisos Mountain prickly poppy
- Argemone corymbosa Greene – Mojave prickly poppy
- Argemone corymbosa subsp. arenicola
- Argemone corymbosa subsp. corymbosa
- Argemone glauca (Nutt. ex Prain) Pope – pua kala (Hawaii)[6]
- Argemone glauca var. decipiens G.B.Ownbey
- Argemone glauca var. glauca (Nutt. ex Prain) Pope
- Argemone gracilenta Greene – Sonoran prickly poppy
- Argemone hispida A.Gray – rough prickly poppy
- Argemone mexicana L. – Mexican prickly poppy
- Argemone munita Durand & Hilg. – flat-bud prickly poppy
- Argemone ochroleuca Sweet – pale Mexican prickly poppy
- Argemone pinnatisecta (G.B.Ownbey) S.D.Cerv. & C.D.Bailey
- Argemone platyceras Link & Otto – chicalote
- Argemone pleiacantha Greene – southwestern prickly poppy
- Argemone pleiacantha subsp. ambigua G.B.Ownbey
- Argemone pleiacantha subsp. pleiacantha
- Argemone polyanthemos (Fedde) G.B.Ownbey – crested prickly poppy
- Argemone sanguinea Greene – red prickly poppy
- Argemone squarrosa Greene – hedgehog prickly poppy
- Argemone squarrosa subsp. glabrata
- Argemone squarrosa subsp. squarrosa
- Argemone subfusiformis G.B.Ownbey[2][7]
Formerly placed here
[edit]- Papaver armeniacum (L.) DC. (as A. armeniaca L.)[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Genus: Argemone L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2001-11-28. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
- 1 2 "Argemone". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
- ↑ Argemone. Flora of North America.
- ↑ Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants (4 ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3.
- ↑ ἄργεμον (argemon) means "cataract" in Greek. See Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. Vol. I: A-C. CRC Press. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-8493-2675-2.
- ↑ "pua kala, kala, naule, pokalakala". Hawaii Ethnobotany Online Database. Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Archived from the original on 2007-07-02. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
- 1 2 "GRIN Species Records of Argemone". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
External links
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
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