Biology:Canbya

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Canbya
Pygmy Poppy, Canbya candida.jpg
Pygmy poppy (Canbya candida)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Papaveraceae
Subfamily: Papaveroideae
Tribe: Papavereae
Genus: Canbya
Parry ex A.Gray
Species

Canbya, also known as the pygmy poppies, is a genus of the poppy family Papaveraceae consisting of two species found in the dry parts of western North America. Both species are small, no more than a few centimeters tall, with flowers less than 10 mm across.

The genus was named after well-known amateur botanist William Marriott Canby (1831–1904).

Species

Image Name Distribution
Canbya aurea 6476225.jpg Canbya aurea - yellow pygmy-poppy Central and southeastern Oregon and northwestern Nevada
Pygmy Poppy, Canbya candida.jpg Canbya candida - pygmy poppy, white pygmy poppy western Mojave Desert of Southern California.

References

  • Christopher Grey-Wilson, Poppies (Portland: Timber Press, 2000) ISBN:0-88192-503-9 p. 229

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2900528 entry