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June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Papaver L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 506 (1753)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000027914.

Literature

Sp. Pl. 1: 506. 1753 [1 May 1753]

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Synonyms of Papaver

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Calomecon	Spach	Hist. Nat. Vég. 7: 7. 1839.	wfo-4000006152
Cerastites	Gray	Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 703. 1821.	wfo-4000007326
Closterandra	Boivin	Voy. Indes Or. : t. s.n. (1839)	wfo-4000008658
Meconia	Hook.f. & Thomson	Fl. Ind. [Hooker f. & Thomson] i. 275 (1855), in obs.	wfo-4000048408

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Papaver:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Papaver acrochaetum	Fedde	Pflanzenr. 40:350 (1909)	—	wfo-1000080630
Papaver aculeatum var. pusillum	F.Muell.	Papers and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of Tasmania for 1876 1877		wfo-0001391546
Papaver agrivagum	Fourr.	Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon n.s., 7: 464 1861		wfo-0000480601
Papaver alaskanum f. stenopetalum	A.E.Porsild	Publ. Bot. (Ottawa) no. 4: 30. 1975		wfo-0001324074
Papaver alaskanum var. grandiflorum	Hultén	–	—	wfo-0001090501
Papaver alaskanum var. latilobum	Hultén	Acta Univ. Lund. 2, 41, no. 1: 800. 1945 Fl. Alaska & Yukon, 5		wfo-0001090357
Papaver albiflorum subsp. albiflorum	–	–	—	wfo-1200108461
Papaver alpinum subsp. flaviflorum	(W.D.J.Koch) Arcang.	Comp. Fl. Ital. [Arcangeli] 24 (1882)		wfo-1200110188
Papaver alpinum subsp. rhaeticum	(Leresche) Nyman	Consp. Fl. Eur. Suppl. 2: 16 (1889)		wfo-1200108744
Papaver alpinum var. endressii	(Asch.) Kerguélen	Index Synonym. Fl. France (Coll. Patrim. Nat., 8) xv (1993): (1993)		wfo-0001263337
Papaver alpinum var. flaviflorum	W.D.J.Koch	Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv. 29 (1835)		wfo-1200110079
Papaver alpinum var. kamtschaticum	Regel	Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 34(2): 129. 1861		wfo-0001395235
Papaver alpinum var. microcarpum	(DC.) Regel	Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 34(2): 130. 1861		wfo-0001395234
Papaver alpinum var. xanthopetalum	Trautv.	–	—	wfo-0001090425
Papaver angrenicum	Pazij	Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Uzbekistansk. Fil. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 3: 31 (1941)		wfo-0001090427
Papaver anomalum var. chinense	(Regel) Tolm.	Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 7: 153. 1971 [1970 publ. 1971]		wfo-0001401117
Papaver anomalum var. hispidissimum	(Ledeb.) Tolm.	Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 7: 157. 1971 [1970 publ. 1971]		wfo-0001401118
Papaver apulum var. gracillimum	Fedde	Pflanzenr. IV, 104: 332 1909	—	wfo-0000748222
Papaver argemone f. glabrum	(W.D.J.Koch) O.Bolòs & Vigo	Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat., Secc. Bot. 38(1): 73 (1974)		wfo-0001323037
Papaver argemone f. littoralis	Corill., Figureau & Godeau	Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France n.s., 9(4): 151 (1987), without type.		wfo-0001326574
Papaver argemone var. minus	Latourr.	Chlor. Lugd. 14. 1785		wfo-0001398789
Papaver argemone var. plenum	Latourr.	Chlor. Lugd. 14. 1785		wfo-0001398788
Papaver argemonium	St.-Lag.	Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon vii. (1880) 131.		wfo-0000480353
Papaver arvaticum	Jord.	Diagn. Esp. Nouv. 95 1864		wfo-0000480351
Papaver arvense	Borkh.	Rhein. Mag. Erweit. Naturk. 1: 439 (1793)		wfo-0000480338
Papaver arvense	Salisb.	Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 376. 1796 [Nov-Dec 1796]		wfo-0000480339
Papaver ashfordense	Worsd.	Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 88: 452, hybr. 1930		wfo-0000480340
Papaver atropurpureum	Gilib.	Fl. Lit. Inch. ii. 214. 1782		wfo-0000480349
Papaver austromoravicum	Kubát	–	—	wfo-0001090280
Papaver balansanum	Fedde	Pflanzenr. (Engler) Papaverac.-Hypec. & Papav. 356 (1909).		wfo-0000480346
Papaver bellum subsp. grandifolium	(Grey-Wilson) Rajbh. & R.Chhetri	Fl. Pl. Nepal 186. 2019		wfo-1200009052
Papaver berberica	Pugsley	()	—	wfo-1000080104
Papaver bergianum	C.E.Lundstr.	Acta Horti Berg. v. III. 38 (1914), hybr.		wfo-0000480348
Papaver bivalve subsp. hybridum	(L.) Karlsson	Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 91(5): 249. 1998 [1997 publ. 1998]		wfo-0001366991
Papaver borealisinense	Kitag.	J. Jap. Bot. 48: 237 (1973)		wfo-0000480280
Papaver bracteatum var. pseudo-orientale	Fedde	Pflanzenr. (Engler) IV. 104(Heft 40): 365. 1909 [21 Dec 1909]		wfo-0000744384
Papaver breviflorum	Gilib.	Fl. Lit. Inch. ii. 214. 1782		wfo-0000480291
Papaver cayeuxii	Fedde	Pflanzenr. (Engler) Papaverac.-Hypec. & Papav. 358 (1909).		wfo-0000480265
Papaver chinense	(Regel) Kitag.	J. Jap. Bot. 29: 169 (1954)		wfo-0001249270
Papaver clavatum	Gilib.	Fl. Lit. Inch. ii. 215. 1782		wfo-0000480290
Papaver clavigerum	Lam.	Fl. Franç. 3: 175 (1779)		wfo-0000480304
Papaver collidorense	Pérez Dacosta	Flora Montiber. 84: 68 2022		wfo-1000055198
Papaver columbianum	Fedde	Pflanzenr. IV, 104: 378 1909		wfo-0000480307
Papaver commutatum subsp. euxinum	Kadereit	Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 45(2): 257. 1989 [1988 publ. 1989]		wfo-0001368989
Papaver corniculatum	Pall.	Reise Russ. Reich. 3: 591. 1776		wfo-0000480311
Papaver corsicum	Jord. & Fourr.	Brev. Pl. Nov. i. 4. 1866		wfo-0000480310
Papaver corsicum	Thouin ex Schrank	Syll. Pl. Nov. i. (1824) 219.		wfo-0000480309
Papaver croceum subsp. altaicum	Serg.	Sist. Zametki Mater. Gerb. Krylova Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. Kuybysheva 1: 2 (1931)		wfo-0001090434
Papaver croceum subsp. chinense	(Regel) Rändel	Feddes Repert. 84: 676 (1974)		wfo-0001249271
Papaver croceum subsp. corydalifolium	Tolm.	–	—	wfo-0001090435
Papaver croceum subsp. subcorydalifolium	Tolm.	–	—	wfo-0001090436
Papaver croceum var. glabrifolium	Serg.	Sist. Zametki Mater. Gerb. Krylova Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. Kuybysheva 1: 2. 1931		wfo-0001400546
Papaver croceum var. glabrum	Serg.	Sist. Zametki Mater. Gerb. Krylova Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. Kuybysheva 1: 2. 1931		wfo-0001400548
Papaver croceum var. hirsutum	Serg.	Sist. Zametki Mater. Gerb. Krylova Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. Kuybysheva 1: 2. 1931		wfo-0001400547
Papaver croceum var. pilosum	Serg.	Sist. Zametki Mater. Gerb. Krylova Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. Kuybysheva 1: 2. 1931		wfo-0001400549
Papaver davuricum	Fisch. ex Schrank	Syll. Pl. Nov. i. (1829) 219. 1824		wfo-0000480300
Papaver decaisnei var. setosum	Tavakkoli & Assadi	Iran. J. Bot. 15(1): 63 (-64; figs. 1-2, map). 2009		wfo-0001400112
Papaver decipiens	Rouy & Foucaud	Fl. France 1: 162 (1893)		wfo-0000480278
Papaver dubium subsp. erosum	(Litv.) Kadereit	Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 45(2): 246. 1989 [1988 publ. 1989]		wfo-0001369054
Papaver dubium var. erosum	Tavakkoli & Assadi	Iran. J. Bot. 15(1): 65 (figs; map). 2009		wfo-0001400113
Papaver dubium var. glabrum	W.D.J.Koch	Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 4: 25 (1833)	—	wfo-1200041322
Papaver dubium var. maculatum	Tavakkoli & Assadi	Iran. J. Bot. 15(1): 65 (figs; map). 2009		wfo-0001400114
Papaver errabundum	Jord.	Diagn. Esp. Nouv. 93 1864		wfo-0000480407
Papaver erraticum	Jord.	Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon sér. 2, 7: 464. 1861		wfo-0000480409
Papaver explicatum	Wein	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 49. 1913		wfo-0000480430
Papaver fastidiosum	Wein	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 242. 1911		wfo-0000480423
Papaver fauriei subsp. shimshirense	(Miyabe & Tatew.) Hideki Takah.	Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 71(2): 154. 2020		wfo-1200007673
Papaver flahaultii	Fedde	Pflanzenr. (Engler) Papaverac.-Hypec. & Papav. 347 (1909).		wfo-0000480443
Papaver freedmanianum	D.Löve	Bot. Not. 109: 184 (1956)		wfo-0001090340
Papaver frentanum	Ten.	Syll. Pl. Fl. Neapol. 554. 1831 [Jul-Aug 1831]		wfo-0000480439
Papaver graecum	Link ex Fedde	Pflanzenr. (Engler) Papaverac.-Hypec. & Papav. 299 (1909).		wfo-0000480426
Papaver grande subsp. jumlaense	(Grey-Wilson) Rajbh. & R.Chhetri	Fl. Pl. Nepal 187. 2019		wfo-1200009053
Papaver harleyanum	(G.Taylor) Christenh. & Byng	Global Fl. 0.215277778. 2018		wfo-0001423913
Papaver himalaycum	Cretz.	Acta Fauna Fl. Universali, Ser. 2, Bot. 1(16): 1 (1934)		wfo-0000480403
Papaver holophyllum	Sam. ex Rech.f.	Ark. Bot. , a.s., 1: 304 (1950)		wfo-0000480376
Papaver hortense	Garsault	Fig. Pl. Med. 1: t. 106. 1764, nom. inval., opus utique oppressum; Descr. Pl. Anim. 76. 1767; Thell. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. Ser. II. viii. 785.		wfo-0000480386
Papaver humifusum	Fedde	Bull. Herb. Boissier Ser. II. v. 447.		wfo-0000480373
Papaver humile subsp. sharonense	Feinbrun	Israel J. Bot. 12: 90 (1963)		wfo-1200011837
Papaver hybridum var. tenuifolium	L.Chevall.	Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2, 3(9): 765. 1903 [31 Aug 1903]		wfo-1200010423
Papaver intricatum	Wein	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 241. 1911		wfo-0000480368
Papaver involucratum subsp. nigrescente-hirsutum	Tolm.	Fl. Tadzhikskoi SSR 4: 536. 1975		wfo-0001368639
Papaver jacuticum var. atrofuscum	Peschkova	Fl. Sibir. (Berberidac.-Grossulariac.) 7: 20. 1994		wfo-0001402453
Papaver kobayashii	Sinisc.Gigl.	Delpinoa 23-24: 68 (1981-1982 publ. 1985)		wfo-0000480396
Papaver lacerum var. litwinowii	(Fedde ex Bornm.) Parsa	Fl. Iran [Parsa & Maleki] 2: 396, basionym not validly publ. 1986		wfo-0001402219
Papaver langeanum	(C.E.Lundstr.) Tolm.	Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 20: 170 (1960)		wfo-0001090441
Papaver lapeyrousianum subsp. endressii	(Asch.) Greuter & Burdet	–	—	wfo-1200112094
Papaver lapeyrousianum subsp. lapeyrousianum	–	–	—	wfo-1200108272
Papaver lapponicum subsp. jugoricum	(Tolm.) Tolm.	–	—	wfo-1200112250
Papaver lasiocalyx	Fedde ex Bornm.	Beih. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 2. 19(2): 202, nomen. 1906		wfo-0000480389
Papaver ledebourianum var. leucanthum	(Trautv.) Peschkova	Stepnaya Fl. Baĭkal'skoĭ Sibiri 59 (1972):.		wfo-0001390811
Papaver leucocephalum	Aucher ex Fedde	Pflanzenr. (Engler) Papaverac. Hypec. & Papav. 346. 1909		wfo-0000480715
Papaver luculentum	Björk	Phytoneuron 2019-6: 7. 2019		wfo-1000033571
Papaver maculosum subsp. austromoravicum	(Kubát) Kubát	Severoceskou Prir. 33-34: 155 (2002).		wfo-0001367758
Papaver mamissonii	Rupr. ex Fedde	Pflanzenr. (Engler) Papaverac.-Hypec. & Papav. 362 (1909).		wfo-0000480908
Papaver maritimum	With.	Arr. Brit. Pl. ed. 3 , 2: 486 (1796)		wfo-0000480909
Papaver microcarpum var. bipinnatifidum	(Tolm.) Tolm.	Arktichesk. Fl. SSSR 7: 31. 1975		wfo-0001401649
Papaver microcarpum var. xanthopetalum	Rändel	Feddes Repert. 88(7-8): 437, without type. 1977		wfo-0001401120
Papaver miniatum	Rchb.	Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 8: 19 (1830)		wfo-0000480921
Papaver moneti	Touss. & Hoschede	Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Rouen , sér. 7-8, 70-71: 215 (1934-1935 publ. 1936)		wfo-0000480936
Papaver moneti var. hirsutum	Hoff	Evaxiana 02:43 2016		wfo-1200028467