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somniferum

Taxon

Papaver somniferum L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 508. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Papaver somniferum--Spain. Gran.Prov. 4 km S Jct. Albondon-Albunol, C333. 1 (22).jpg

Papaver somniferum--Spain. Gran.Prov. 4 km S Jct. Albondon-Albunol, C333. 1 (22).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Papaver somniferum--Spain. Gran.Prov. 4 km S Jct. Albondon-Albunol, C333. 1 (20).jpg

Papaver somniferum--Spain. Gran.Prov. 4 km S Jct. Albondon-Albunol, C333. 1 (20).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Papaver somniferum--Spain. Gran.Prov. 4 km S Jct. Albondon-Albunol, C333. 1 (21).jpg

Papaver somniferum--Spain. Gran.Prov. 4 km S Jct. Albondon-Albunol, C333. 1 (21).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Papaver somniferum--Spain. Gran.Prov. 4 km S Jct. Albondon-Albunol, C333. 1 (18).jpg

Papaver somniferum--Spain. Gran.Prov. 4 km S Jct. Albondon-Albunol, C333. 1 (18).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Papaver somniferum--Spain. Gran.Prov. 4 km S Jct. Albondon-Albunol, C333. 1 (19).jpg

Papaver somniferum--Spain. Gran.Prov. 4 km S Jct. Albondon-Albunol, C333. 1 (19).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Algeria, Baleares, Canary Is., Corse, France, Italy, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia; introduced into 131 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Northern America, Southern America, and Other regions (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

April 15, 2004

Location

Spain, Andalusia, Granada (Órgiva)

36.844722, -3.367222

Location Remarks

On A7209 about 5 km from junction with A348, south of Orgiva.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ranunculales

Family

Papaveraceae

Genus

Papaver

Specific Epithet

somniferum

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 5.5

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.6

Global rank

#87,727 of 335,497

Top 27%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →