Biology:Meconella

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants in the poppy family Papaveraceae

Meconella
Meconelladenticulata.jpg
Meconella denticulata
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Papaveraceae
Subfamily: Papaveroideae
Tribe: Platystemoneae
Genus: Meconella
Nutt.
Type species
Meconella oregana

Meconella is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family. They are known generally as fairypoppies.

Species

There are about 3 species:[1]

Image Name Distribution
Meconella californica – California fairypoppy around the San Francisco Bay Area and the Sierra foothills
Meconelladenticulata.jpg Meconella denticulata – smallflower fairypoppy from around the San Francisco Bay Area to the Peninsular Ranges
Meconella oregana – white fairypoppy Oregon, California, Washington and British Columbia.


A fourth species, Meconella linearis,[2] is sometimes treated as Platystigma linearis[3] or Hesperomecon linearis.[4]

The species are endemic from British Columbia, Canada south to California .

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2900191 entry