Argemone
Genus of flowering plants
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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]
| Argemone | |
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| 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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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]
