Argemone

Genus of flowering plants

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
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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]

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 platyceras Link & Otto – chicalote
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

^ "Genus: Argemone L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2001-11-28. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
^ ^a ^b "Argemone". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
^ Argemone. Flora of North America.
^ Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants (4 ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3.
^ ἄργεμον (argemon) means "cataract" in Greek. See Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. Vol. I: A-C. CRC Press. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-8493-2675-2.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "GRIN Species Records of Argemone". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-10-28.