Papaver setigerum

Papaver setigerum
Close-up on a flower of Papaver setigerum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Papaveraceae
Genus: Papaver
Species:
P. setigerum
Binomial name
Papaver setigerum
DC.
Synonyms
  • Papaver somniferum var. setigerum (DC.) Boiss.
  • Papaver somniferum subsp. setigerum (DC.) L. Corb.

Papaver setigerum, common name poppy of Troy or dwarf breadseed poppy, is a herbaceous annual plant of the family Papaveraceae.

This plant is closely related to and sometimes treated as a subspecies of opium poppy (Papaver somniferum). In fact it produces a very small amount of morphine alkaloids.[1] However, P. somniferum is diploid (n=11) and P. setigerum is tetraploid (n=22) with twice the number of chromosomes. So it cannot be considered the wild ancestral species of the opium poppy.[2]

  1. ^ La Valva, Vincenzo; Sabato, Sergio; Gigliano, Gesualdo Siniscalco (1985). "Morphology and Alkaloid Chemistry of Papaver setigerum DC. (Papaveraceae)". Taxon. 34 (2): 191–196. JSTOR 1221777.
  2. ^ C. G. Farmilo, H. L. J. Rhodes, H. R. L. Hart and, H. Taylor -Detection of Morphine in Papaver setigerum DC