Bocconia (plant) explained

Bocconia is a genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, Papaveraceae, that contains 10 species. Carl Linnaeus chose the name to honor the Italian botanist Paolo Boccone (1633–1704).^[1] It is native to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America (Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and northwest Argentina).^[2]

Species

The following species are listed in Plants of the World Online:

• Bocconia arborea Watson
• Bocconia frutescens L.  - Tree poppy
• Bocconia glaucifolia Hutch.
• Bocconia gracilis Hutch.
• Bocconia hintoniorum B.L.Turner
• Bocconia integrifolia^[3]
• Bocconia latisepala^[4]
• Bocconia macbrideana Standl.
• Bocconia pubibractea Hutch.
• Bocconia vulcanica Donn.Sm.

Formerly placed here

• Macleaya cordata (Willd.) R.Br. (as B. cordata Willd.)
• Macleaya microcarpa (Maxim.) Fedde (as B. microcarpa Maxim.)^[3]

Notes and References

1. http://www.smgrowers.com/products/plants/plantdisplay.asp?plant_id=2505 Bocconia frutescens at San Marcos Growers
2. Web site: Bocconia Plum. ex L. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . 2024-02-11 . Plants of the World Online . en.
3. Web site: GRIN Species Records of Bocconia . https://archive.today/20121212132426/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?1532 . dead . 2012-12-12 . Germplasm Resources Information Network . United States Department of Agriculture . 2011-04-20 .
4. Web site: Bocconia latisepala S. Wats. - IBUNAM:MEXU:PVsn29368. https://web.archive.org/web/20161221232755/http://unibio.unam.mx/collections/specimens/urn/IBUNAM:MEXU:PVsn29368. dead. 2016-12-21. 2016-12-21. 2020-05-11.