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Papaver somniferum Linnaeus 1753

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK

Description

Papaver somniferum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 508. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae australioris ruderatis." RCN: 3845.

Lectotype (Jafri & Qaiser in Nasir & Ali, Fl. W. Pakistan 61: 20. 1974): Herb. Linn. No. 669.8 (LINN).

Generitype of Papaver Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 160. 1929).

Current name: Papaver somniferum L. (Papaveraceae).

Notes

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part P), pp. 718-782 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 723, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Biodiversity

Collection code
LINN
Material sample ID
669.8
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Ranunculales
Family
Papaveraceae
Genus
Papaver
Species
somniferum
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Papaver somniferum Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007