Poppy plants (Papaveraceae) are a plant family, which belongs to the Bedecktsamern (Magnoliophyta).

Description

They are rare usually krautige plants, bushes or trees with milk. Poppy plants have usually in cup and crown arranged, zwittrige blooms. The blooms are or dorsiventral. The Fruchtknoten is upper constant. There is present 4 The 2 coat the to the protection in the knospigen stage and drop when opening the blooms. So opened blooms have allegedly only one petal circle. There is mostly many present. The sheets are not change constant, are present.

Systematics

The poppy plants are divided in three Unterfamilien. 41 kinds with 761 kinds belong to.

• Papaveroideae with blooms.
  • Poppy () (about 50-80 kinds)
  • Illusory poppy (Meconopsis) (about 50 kinds)
  • Argemone
    • Prick poppy (A. mexicana)
  • (Chelidonium)
  • Horn poppy (Glaucium)
  • Cap poppy or gold poppy, (Eschscholzia)
    • with the kind California poppy or also yellow poppy mentioned.
    • Mexican tulip poppy (Hunnemannia fumariifolia)

• Earth smoke plants (Fumarioideae) with dorsiventralen blooms:
  • Lark spur (Corydalis) (about 400 kinds)
  • Earth smoke (Fumaria) (about 55 kinds)

• Pteridophylloideae
  • Pteridophyllum

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