familyPapaveraceae
genusHesperomecon
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Hesperomecon
Pittonia 5: 146. 1903
Etymology: Greek hesperos, evening or western, and mecon, poppy
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
Herbs annual, short-caulescent, subscapose, distinctly pubescent, from fibrous roots; sap clear. Stems leafy at and near base, erect, branching from base. Leaves opposite, sessile; blade broadly linear, unlobed. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, 1-flowered; bracts absent; bud nodding. Flowers: sepals 3, with overlapping, loosely connivent flaps; petals 6, occasionally more on robust specimens; stamens 12 or more, usually in several series; filaments dilated distally; pistil 3-carpellate; ovary 1-locular; stigmas 3. Capsules erect, 3-valved, dehiscing from apex. Seeds many, aril absent. x = 7.
Discussion
Species 1 (1 in the flora).
References
None.
Lower Taxa
Facts about "Hesperomecon"
Author | Gary L. Hannan + |
Authority | Greene + |
Distribution | Calif. + |
Etymology | Greek hesperos, evening or western, and mecon, poppy + |
Illustrator | John Myers + |
Publication title | Pittonia + |
Publication year | 1903 + |
Reference | None + |
Source xml | https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse grained fna xml/V3/V3 559.xml + |
Taxon family | Papaveraceae + |
Taxon name | Hesperomecon + |
Taxon parent | Papaveraceae + |
Taxon rank | genus + |
Volume | Volume 3 + |