Family · Other eudicots
Papaveraceae
Poppies
Poppy family: herbs with often colored latex or sap; showy flowers with soon-falling sepals; source of opium and many ornamentals.
- Accepted species
- 1,066accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 43accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈87 MaCretaceous · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Asia-Temperatemost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Papaver
- Eschscholzia (California poppy)
- Dicentra (bleeding heart)
- Chelidonium
Genera
Corydalis554 spp.
Meconopsis98 spp.
Papaver76 spp.
Oreomecon71 spp.
Fumaria59 spp.
Argemone34 spp.
Glaucium25 spp.
Hypecoum16 spp.
Roemeria16 spp.
Dactylicapnos15 spp.
Eschscholzia15 spp.
Bocconia10 spp.
Dicentra8 spp.
Rupicapnos6 spp.
Chelidonium5 spp.
Cysticapnos5 spp.
Cathcartia4 spp.
Dicranostigma4 spp.
Sarcocapnos4 spp.
Arctomecon3 spp.
Ceratocapnos3 spp.
Meconella3 spp.
Platycapnos3 spp.
Adlumia2 spp.
Canbya2 spp.
Dendromecon2 spp.
Ehrendorferia2 spp.
Hunnemannia2 spp.
Hylomecon2 spp.
Macleaya2 spp.
Pseudo-fumaria2 spp.
Romneya2 spp.
Capnoides1 spp.
Coreanomecon1 spp.
Cryptocapnos1 spp.
Eomecon1 spp.
Fumariola1 spp.
Ichtyoselmis1 spp.
Lamprocapnos1 spp.
Platystemon1 spp.
Platystigma1 spp.
Pteridophyllum1 spp.
Sanguinaria1 spp.
Where it grows
- Asia-Temperate790
- Asia-Tropical200
- Europe113
- Northern America110
- Africa93
- Southern America14
- Pacific1
- Australasia1
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Papaveraceae sits in the order Ranunculales.