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Taxon: Papaver somniferum L.

Genus: Papaver section: Papaver
Family: Papaveraceae subfamily: Papaveroideae tribe: Papavereae.
Nomen number: 406377
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 1:508. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 30-Aug-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 31-Dec-2001
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6).
Accessions: 7 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:
WV*.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System

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Common names:

  • opium poppy   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – English
  • opium poppy   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English   [Papaver somniferum subsp. somniferum]
  • small-flower opium poppy   (Source: Econ Pl Aust ) – English   [Papaver somniferum subsp. setigerum]
  • oeillette   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French   [Papaver somniferum subsp. somniferum]
  • pavot somnifère   (Source: L Noms French ed6 ) – French   [Papaver somniferum subsp. somniferum]
  • Schlafmohn   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German   [Papaver somniferum subsp. somniferum]
  • dormideira   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese   [Papaver somniferum subsp. somniferum]
  • papoula   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese   [Papaver somniferum subsp. somniferum]
  • adormidera   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish   [Papaver somniferum subsp. somniferum]
  • amapola real   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish   [Papaver somniferum subsp. somniferum]
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Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • AFRICA
    Macaronesia: Portugal - Madeira Islands; Spain - Canary Islands
    Northern Africa: Algeria [n.]; Libya [n.]; Morocco; Tunisia
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Western Asia: Cyprus
  • EUROPE
    Southeastern Europe: Greece - Crete [possibly]; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]
    Southwestern Europe: France [s. & Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

      Naturalized:
  • AFRICA
    Macaronesia: Portugal - Azores
  • sometimes naturalized

      Cultivated:
  • widely cultivated

References:

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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Papaver somniferum L.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

  • Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
  • Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
  • Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?406377 (09 February 2010)

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