Biology:Macleaya cordata
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Papaveraceae |
| Genus: | Macleaya |
| Species: | M. cordata
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| Macleaya cordata (Willd.) R.Br.
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Bocconia cordata Willd. | |
Macleaya cordata, the five-seeded plume-poppy,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae,[2] which is used ornamentally.[3] It is native to China and Japan. It is a large herbaceous perennial growing to 2.5 m (8 ft) tall by 1 m (3 ft) or more wide, with olive green leaves and airy panicles of buff-white flowers in summer.[4]
Etymology
The Latin cordata means "heart-shaped", referring to the leaves.[5] The common name plume poppy is used for plants of the genus Macleaya.
The Chinese name 博落回 (bóluòhúi) is derived from 簸邏迴 (bòluóhúi), the Xianbei name for a musical instrument also known as 大角 (dà jiǎo, "big horn"), because the sound of blowing the dried[note 1] hollow stem resembles the instrument sound.[6]
The Japanese name 竹似草 (takenigusa) means "bamboo-like herb", also referring to its hollow stem.
Cultivation
It self-seeds readily and can be invasive, so in cultivation requires space. It is a popular subject for flower arranging. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[7]
Macleaya × kewensis, bred at Kew Gardens, is a hybrid of M. cordata and M. microcarpa. The cultivar 'Flamingo' has pink tinged flowers, and has also received the Award of Garden Merit.[8]
Other uses
Macleaya cordata is a source of a variety of chemical compounds, mainly isoquinoline alkaloids. The seed oil contains dihydrosanguinarine, dihydrochelerythrine, and twelve fatty acids of which linoleic, oleic, palmitic and stearic acids predominate.[9]
Footnotes
- ↑ The sap is very poisonous, so the fresh stem should never be blown.
References
- ↑ (xls) BSBI List 2007, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, https://bsbi.org/download/3542/, retrieved 2014-10-17
- ↑ "Macleaya cordata - (Willd.)R.Br.". Plants for a Future (PFAF). http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Macleaya+cordata.
- ↑ Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11892.
- ↑ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. pp. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
- ↑ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. pp. 224. ISBN 9781845337315.
- ↑ 陳藏器 (739) (in zh). 本草拾遺.
- ↑ "Macleaya cordata". Royal Horticultural Society. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/10669/Macleaya-cordata-(Willd-)-R-Br/Details. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Macleaya × kewensis 'Flamingo'". http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=3420. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
- ↑ Kosina, P.; Gregorova, J.; Gruz, J.; Vacek, J.; Kolar, M.; Vogel, M.; Roos, W.; Naumann, K. et al. (2010). "Phytochemical and antimicrobial characterization of Macleaya cordata herb". Fitoterapia 81 (8): 1006–1012. doi:10.1016/j.fitote.2010.06.020. PMID 20600683.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Macleaya cordata. |
- "Macleaya cordata" (in French). nature.jardin.free.fr. http://nature.jardin.free.fr/vivace/nmauric_Macleaya_cordata.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q159327 entry
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