Papaver (genus)
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Jerarquía
Eukaryota (domain) > Plantae (kingdom) > Angiospermae (division) > Magnoliopsida (class) > Ranunculales (order) > Papaveraceae (family)
Descripción
Genus containing around 75-100 species of annual, biennial, and perennial herbaceous plants native to temperate and cold regions of Eurasia, Africa, and North America. They have showy solitary flowers and some species have a milky latex with narcotic properties. Poppies have been cultivated since ca. 5,000 BCE.
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Otros términos
- poppy (genus) [en]
- poppies [en]
- pavot (genus) [fr]
- amapola (genus) [es]
- papavero (genus) [it]
- Mohn (genus) [de]
- papaver (genus) [nl]
- παπαρούνα (genus) [el]