| Papaver | |
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| Papaver setigerum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Papaveraceae |
| Subfamily: | Papaveroideae |
| Tribe: | Papavereae |
| Genus: | Papaver L. |
| Type species | |
| Papaver somniferum L.[1]
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Papaver /pəˈpeɪvər/[2] is a genus of 70–100 species of frost-tolerant annuals, biennials, and perennials native to temperate and cold regions of Eurasia, Africa and North America. It is the type genus of the poppy family, Papaveraceae.
- ^ Robert W. Kiger (1973). "Sectional nomenclature in Papaver L.". Taxon. 22 (5/6): 579–582. doi:10.2307/1218633. JSTOR 1218633.
- ^ Kathleen Norris Brenzel Sunset Western Garden Book, (1995) pp. 606–607 ISBN 0-376-03874-8