Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Papaver L.
POPPY
Classification
RANUNCULALES
Papaver
Citation
PAPAVER Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 506. 1753.
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TYPE: Papaver somniferum Linnaeus Lectotypified by Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 2: 136. 1913.
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Papaver rhoeas CORN POPPY Not Native
Papaver somniferum OPIUM POPPY Not Native
[Family identification key]
1.  Upper cauline leaves not clasping stem; anthers bluish, filaments purple; fruit sessile to substipitate, obscurely ribbed, to 2 cm long
1.  Upper cauline leaves clasping stem; anthers pale yellow, filament white; fruit stipitate, unribbed, to 9 cm long
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Calomecon Calomecon Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. 7: 7. 1839. TYPE: Calomecon orientale (Linnaeus) Spach (Papaver orientale Linnaeus) Lectotypified by Kiger, Taxon 22: 581. 1973.
Closterandra Closterandra Boivin, in Belanger, Voy. Indes Or. t. (12). 1839. TYPE: Closterandra minor Boivin