Genus Meconopsis Vig.


Summary
Genus number:
7359
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Papaveraceae
Subfamily:
Papaveroideae
Tribe:
Papavereae
Accession count:

116 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Madrid ICN Art. 14.9 & App. III)


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References:
  1. Applequist, W. L. 2013. Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants: 65. Taxon 62:1318. Note: proposal recommended
  2. Grey-Wilson, C. 2012. (2061) Proposal to conserve the name Meconopsis (Papaveraceae) with a conserved type. Taxon 61:473-474.
  3. International Society for Horticultural Science. International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource).
  4. Liu, Y.-C. et al. 2014. Molecular phylogeny of Asian Meconopsis based on nuclear ribosomal and chloroplast DNA sequence data. PLoS One 9(8): e104823.
  5. Xiao, W. & B. B. Simpson. 2014. The role of allotriploidy in the evolution of Meconopsis (Papaveraceae): A preliminary study of ancient polyploid and hybrid speciation. Lundellia 17:5-17.
  6. Xiao, W. & B. B. Simpson. 2017. A new infrageneric classification of Meconopsis (Papaveraceae) based on a well-supported molecular phylogeny. Syst. Bot. 42:226-233. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=7359. Accessed 15 April 2026.