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Genus of flowering plants in the poppy family Papaveraceae

Meconella
Meconella denticulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Papaveraceae
Subfamily: Papaveroideae
Tribe: Platystemoneae
Genus: Meconella
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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:

Image Name Distribution
Meconella californica – California fairypoppy around the San Francisco Bay Area and the Sierra foothills
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, is sometimes treated as Platystigma linearis or Hesperomecon linearis.

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

References

  1. Flora of North America
  2. Jepson Manual Treatment: M. linearis
  3. USDA Plants Profile: P. linearis
  4. Flora of North America: H. linearis

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Taxon identifiers
Meconella


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