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Taxon profile

species

Opium Poppy
Papaver somniferum L.

kingdom Plantae - plants »  divisio Magnoliophyta - flowering plants »  class Rosopsida - eudicots »  order Ranunculales »  family Papaveraceae »  genus Papaver - poppy

Other names

= Oilseed Poppy
= Small Opium Poppy
= Small-flowered Opium Poppy
= Wild Poppy

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fruit

seed


Taxon in country check-lists*

Europe: Czechia, Asia: Israel

* List of countries might not be complete

Intertaxon relationships

parasite: Peronospora arborescens (Berk.) de Bary 1855 - Downy Mildew of Poppy, Pleospora calvescens (Fr.) Tul. & C. Tul. - Hleminthosporisosis of Poppy

consumer: Ethelcus denticulatus (Schrank, 1781), Glocianus albovittatus (Germar, 1823), Stenocarus cardui (Herbst, 1784), Stenocarus ruficornis (Stephens, 1831)

morphine, opium alkaloids

Included taxa

Number of records: 3

subspecies Papaver somniferum subsp. setigerum (DC.) L. Corb.

Papaver somniferum subsp. setigerum


Hybrids


Links and literature

CZ EN Pladias [Papaver somniferum]

Pladias [https://www.pladias.cz/] [as Papaver somniferum]
Data retrieved on: 3 August 2020
CZ Danihelka J., Chrtek J., Kaplan Z., Wild J. (2011): Seznam jmen cévnatých rostlin použitých v nálezové databázi květeny České republiky [http://www.ibot.cas.cz/index.php?p=sezna...], Botanický ústav AV ČR [as Papaver somniferum L.]
Data retrieved on: 21 November 2013
EN Botanical Society of British Isles [http://www.bsbi.org.uk/], Botany Department, The Natural History Museum [as Papaver somniferum L.]
Data retrieved on: 11 May 2012
EN Kew Science - Plants of the World online 2024-05 [673724-1]

Kew Science - Plants of the World online [https://powo.science.kew.org], Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew [as Papaver somniferum L.]
Data retrieved on: 1 February 2025
EN Danin A.: Flora and Vegetation of Israel [http://www.botanic.co.il/A/defaulte.htm] [as Papaver somniferum]
Data retrieved on: 26 February 2009
CZ Kubát et al. (2002): Klíč ke květeně České republiky, Academia, Praha [as Papaver somniferum L.]
Data retrieved on: 26 May 2019
EN Danihelka J., Chrtek J. Jr. & Kaplan Z. (2012): Seznam cévnatých rostlin květeny České republiky, Preslia 84: 647–811 [as Papaver somniferum L.]
Data retrieved on: 18 August 2019

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