Argemone

Argemone is a genus of flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae commonly known as prickly poppies.[2] There are about 32 species native to the Americas and Hawaii.[3] The generic name originated as ἀργεμώνη in Greek and was applied by Dioscorides to a poppy-like plant used to treat cataracts.[4][5]

"Prickly Poppy" redirects here. For another plant known by this name, see Papaver argemone.

Argemone
Argemone subfusiformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Papaveraceae
Subfamily: Papaveroideae
Tribe: Papavereae
Genus: Argemone
L.[1]
Species

See text

Selected species
  • Argemone aenea G.B. Ownbey – golden prickly poppy
  • Argemone albiflora Hornem – bluestem prickly poppy
    • Argemone albiflora subsp. albiflora
    • Argemone albiflora subsp. texana G.B.Ownbey
  • Argemone arizonica G.B.Ownbey – Arizona prickly poppy
  • Argemone aurantiaca G.B.Ownbey – Texas prickly poppy
  • Argemone chisosensis G.B.Ownbey – Chisos Mountain prickly poppy
  • Argemone corymbosa Greene – Mojave prickly poppy
    • Argemone corymbosa subsp. arenicola
    • Argemone corymbosa subsp. corymbosa
  • Argemone glauca (Nutt. ex Prain) Pope – pua kala (Hawaii)[6]
    • Argemone glauca var. decipiens G.B.Ownbey
    • Argemone glauca var. glauca (Nutt. ex Prain) Pope
  • Argemone gracilenta Greene – Sonoran prickly poppy
  • Argemone hispida A.Gray – rough prickly poppy
  • Argemone mexicana L. – Mexican prickly poppy
  • Argemone munita Durand & Hilg. – flat-bud prickly poppy
  • Argemone ochroleuca Sweet – pale Mexican prickly poppy
  • Argemone pinnatisecta (G.B.Ownbey) S.D.Cerv. & C.D.Bailey
  • Argemone pleiacantha Greene – southwestern prickly poppy
    • Argemone pleiacantha subsp. ambigua G.B.Ownbey
    • Argemone pleiacantha subsp. pleiacantha
  • Argemone polyanthemos (Fedde) G.B.Ownbey – crested prickly poppy
  • Argemone sanguinea Greene – red prickly poppy
  • Argemone squarrosa Greene – hedgehog prickly poppy
    • Argemone squarrosa subsp. glabrata
    • Argemone squarrosa subsp. squarrosa
  • Argemone subfusiformis G.B.Ownbey[2][7]

Formerly placed here
  • Papaver armeniacum (L.) DC. (as A. armeniaca L.)[7]

References
  1. "Genus: Argemone L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2001-11-28. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
  2. "Argemone". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
  3. Argemone. Flora of North America.
  4. Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants (4 ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3.
  5. ἄργεμον (argemon) means "cataract" in Greek. See Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. I: A-C. CRC Press. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-8493-2675-2.
  6. "pua kala, kala, naule, pokalakala". Hawaii Ethnobotany Online Database. Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Archived from the original on 2007-07-02. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
  7. "GRIN Species Records of Argemone". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-10-28.

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