Meconopsis

(Genus)

Perennial, often prickly, simple or rarely branched, often tall and robust herbs with yellow latex. Leaves entire or lobed, radical stalked, cauline sessile or subsessile. Inflorescence solitary, racemed, pseudo-racemed or panicled. Flowers often large, showy, blue, yellow or purplish-red. Sepals 2(-4), usually caducous, valvate. Petals 4 (often varying from 5-10), free, obovate to broadly ovate. Stamens many, multiseriate; filament filiform; anthers often oblong. Carpels many, fused, superior, with unilocular, ellipsoid to subglobose ovary; ovules many on parietal placentae projecting into the ovary; style distinct, often short; stigma rays 5-6, radiating and forming a globular mass over the ovary. Capsule ovoid, oblong, clavate or cylindrical, 1-celled, dehiscing by short slits at the apex or sometimes splitting almost to the base of the fruit. Seeds many, small, rugose.

About 45 species, distributed in West Europe, India, West Pakistan, Upper Burma and West China; represented in West Pakistan by 3 species.^[1]

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Spermatophytina (auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Seed Plants
        Infraphylum: Angiospermae auct.
        Class: Magnoliopsida Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
        Subclass: Ranunculidae Takhtajan ex Reveal, 1992
        Superorder: Ranunculanae Takhtajan ex Reveal, 1992
        Order: Papaverales Dumortier, 1829
        Family: Papaveraceae (puh-pav-er-AY-see-ay) Adans., 1763, nom. cons. - Poppy Family
        Subfamily: Papaveroideae
        Tribe: Rhododendreae
        Genus: Meconopsis (mee-koh-NOP-sis) Vig., Hist. Pavots Argem. 48. 1814.

The Genus Meconopsis is further organized into finer groupings including:

Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 204 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Genus Meconopsis: M. aliceae · M. cookei · M. coxiana · M. finlayorum · M. harleyana · M. musgravei · M. ramsdeniorum · M. sarsonsii · M. sheldonii · M. 'Archie Campbell' · M. 'Crarae' · M. 'Dalemain' · M. 'Glen Tough' · M. 'Houndwood' · M. 'James Cobb' · M. 'Keillour' · M. 'Mrs McMurtrie' · M. 'Ormswell' · M. 'Silver' · M. 'Willie Duncan' · M. aculeata · M. aculeata white · M. aff. horridula · M. aff. lancifolia · M. argemonantha · M. auriculata · M. baileyi · M. Ballyrogan form · M. barbiseta · M. bella · M. betonicifolia (Tibetan Blue Poppy) · M. betonicifolia 'Glacier Blue' · M. betonicifolia 'Hensol Violet' · M. betonicifolia Franch. 'Alba' · M. betonicifolia Harlow Carr strain · M. betonicifolia purple · M. betonicifolia var. alba · M. betonicifolia var. pratensis · M. betonicifolia violet · M. bikramii · M. brevistyla · M. calciphila · M. cambrica (Welsh Poppy) · M. cambrica 'Anne Greenaway' · M. cambrica 'Flore Pleno' (Welsh Poppy) · M. cambrica 'Frances Perry' · M. cambrica 'Muriel Brown' (Welsh Poppy) · M. cambrica 'Rubra' (Welsh Poppy) · M. cambrica flore-pleno · M. cambrica flore-pleno orange · M. cambrica orange · M. cambrica var. aurantiaca · M. cawdoriana · M. chankheliensis · M. chelidonifolia · M. chelidoniifolia · M. compta · M. concinna · M. crassifolia · M. decora · M. delavayi · M. dhwojii · M. diphylla · M. discigera · M. eximia · M. Fertile Blue Group · M. florindae · M. forrestii · M. ganeshensis · M. George Sherriff Group · M. georgei · M. glabra · M. gracilipes · M. grandis (Blue Poppy) · M. grandis 'Alba' · M. grandis 'Ivory' · M. grandis 'Keillour Crimson' · M. grandis 'Miss Dickson' · M. grandis Balruddery · M. grandis GS 600 · M. grandis Kessel's strain · M. grandis × regia · M. guilelmi-waldemarii · M. harleyana · M. henrici · M. heterophylla · M. horridula (Blue Poppy) · M. horridula alba · M. horridula Rudis Group · M. horridula var. racemosa · M. horridula var. spinulifera · M. impedita · M. Infertile Blue Group · M. integrifolia · M. integrifolia integrifolia 'Wolong' · M. integrifolia lijiangensis · M. integrifolia subsp. lijiangensis · M. integrifolia var. uniflora · M. Kingsbarns hybrids · M. lancifolia · M. latifolia · M. leonticifolia · M. lepida · M. longifolia · M. longipetiolata · M. lutescens · M. lyrata · M. napaulensis (Meconopsis Napaulensis) · M. napaulensis 'Brooklands' · M. napaulensis blue · M. napaulensis f. fusco-purpurea · M. napaulensis pink & red · M. napaulensis pink-flowered · M. napaulensis purple · M. napaulensis red & gold · M. napaulensis red-flowered · M. napaulensis scarlet · M. napaulensis white flowered · M. neglecta · M. nepalensis · M. nipalensis · M. nudicaulis · M. nyingchiensis · M. oliveriana · M. ouvrardiana · M. paniculata · M. paniculata 'Alba' · M. paniculata compact · M. paniculata Ghopte Group · M. paniculata ginger foliage · M. panohunsa · M. petiolata · M. pinnatifolia · M. polygonoides · M. prainiana · M. pratii · M. prattii · M. primulina · M. pseudohorridula · M. pseudointegrifolia · M. pseudointegrifolia daliensis · M. pseudointegrifolia robusta · M. pseudointegrifolia subsp. daliensis · M. pseudointegrifolia subsp. robusta · M. pseudovenusta · M. psilonomma · M. psilonomma var. sinomaculata · M. punicea · M. punicea f. albiflora · M. punicea var. elliptica · M. punicea var. glabra · M. quintuplinerira · M. quintuplinervia · M. quintuplinervia 'Kaye's Compact' · M. quintuplinervia var. glabra · M. racemosa · M. racemosa var. racemosa · M. rebeccae · M. regia (Meconopsis Regia) · M. regia bicolour · M. regia hybrids · M. robusta · M. rubra · M. rudis · M. sherriffi · M. sherriffii · M. simikotensis · M. simplicifolia · M. sinomaculata · M. sinuata · M. smithiana · M. speciosa · M. staintonii · M. superba · M. taylorii · M. tibetica · M. torquata · M. venusta · M. villosa · M. villosa 'White Swan' · M. villosa CHD 2297 · M. violacea · M. wallichii · M. wallichii white-flowered · M. wilsonii · M. wilsonii subsp. australis · M. wollastoni · M. wollastonii · M. wumungensis · M. × aliceae · M. × beamishii · M. × cookei · M. × cookei 'Old Rose' · M. × coxiana · M. × finlayorum · M. × finlayorum 'Askival Ivory' · M. × harleyana · M. × musgravei · M. × ramsdeniorum · M. × sarsonsii · M. × sheldonii (Blue Poppy) · M. x sheldonii'Lingholm' (Blue Poppy) · M. × sheldonii 'Slieve Donard' · M. zangnanensis

Footnotes

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"Meconopsis". in Flora of Pakistan Page 22. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

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