Papaveraceae
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Papaveraceae
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Annual to perennial herbs; stems usually brittle; sap watery. Lvs alternate, dissected, exstipulate. Fls ☿, zygomorphic, hypogynous, in lf-opposed bracteate racemes. Sepals 2, pale, caducous, peltate. Petals 4, in 2 dissimilar whorls; 1 or both outer petals spurred; inner pair often coherent. Stamens 2, 3-partite; filaments expanded and flattened at base. Ovary 1-locular; placentae 2, parietal, each with 1-many anatropous ovules. Fr. a dehiscent capsule or indehiscent nutlet; seeds with small embryo and copious endosperm.
Papaveraceae
Annual or perennial herbs with watery sap or milky or coloured latex. Lvs spiralled, exstipulate, variously lobed to dissected. Fls ☿, solitary or in lax leafy cymes, rarely in axillary umbels, actinomorphic, hypogynous. Sepals 2-(3), caducous. Petals 4-(6), all similar, sessile, not spurred. Stamens many, free. Ovary of 2-many carpels; ovules numerous on parietal placentae. Fr. a capsule opening by valves or pores, 1-locular or rarely 2-locular by meeting of placentae. Seeds many, small, reticulate; embryo small; endosperm oily.
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1 January 2000
4 August 2011