Argemone

Argemone
Argemone subfusiformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Papaveraceae
Subfamily:	Papaveroideae
Tribe:	Papavereae
Genus:	Argemone L.[1]
Species
See text.

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 αργεμωνη in Greek and was applied by Dioscorides to a poppy-like plant used to treat cataracts.^[4][5]

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 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. Αργεμον (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. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
7. "GRIN Species Records of Argemone". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-10-28.

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• USDA Plants Profile

Further reading

• Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.