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... > Eukaryota > Viridiplantae > Streptophyta > Embryophyta > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Ranunculales > Papaveraceae

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Papaveraceae  

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Note

  • prefer specific plant

Scope note

  • The poppy plant family of the order Papaverales, subclass Magnoliidae, class Magnoliopsida. These have bisexual, regular, cup-shaped flowers with one superior pistil and many stamens; 2 or 3 conspicuous, separate sepals and a number of separate petals. The fruit is a capsule. Leaves are usually deeply cut or divided into leaflets.

History note

  • 2002; use Papaver 1998-2001

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D028101

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