Cathcartia Explained

Cathcartia is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae, native to China, Nepal, the eastern Himalayas, and northern Myanmar.[1] Chloroplast DNA evidence supports a split of Cathcartia from the blue poppy genus Meconopsis in an effort to resolve longstanding taxonomic difficulties in the Himalayan poppies.[2]

Species

The following species are accepted:[1]

Notes and References

  1. 31632-1 . Cathcartia Hook.f. . 9 September 2022 .
  2. A New Infrageneric Classification of Meconopsis (Papaveraceae) Based on a Well-supported Molecular Phylogeny . 2017 . Xiao . Wei . Simpson . Beryl B. . Systematic Botany . 42 . 2 . 226–233 . 10.1600/036364417X695466 . 91152469 .

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