Biology:Meconella
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants in the poppy family Papaveraceae
Meconella | |
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Meconella denticulata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Ranunculales |
Family: | Papaveraceae |
Subfamily: | Papaveroideae |
Tribe: | Platystemoneae |
Genus: | Meconella Nutt. |
Type species | |
Meconella oregana |
Meconella is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family. They are known generally as fairypoppies.
Species
There are about 3 species:[1]
Image | Name | Distribution |
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Meconella californica – California fairypoppy | around the San Francisco Bay Area and the Sierra foothills | |
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Meconella denticulata – smallflower fairypoppy | from around the San Francisco Bay Area to the Peninsular Ranges |
Meconella oregana – white fairypoppy | Oregon, California, Washington and British Columbia. |
A fourth species, Meconella linearis,[2] is sometimes treated as Platystigma linearis[3] or Hesperomecon linearis.[4]
The species are endemic from British Columbia, Canada south to California .
References
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2900191 entry
![]() | Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meconella.
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