| Family: | Papaveraceae (sensu lato) (includes Fumariaceae) |
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| Common name: | poppy family [Zomlefer, pp. 45-49] |
| Diversity: | Worldwide: 42 genera; ~600 species U.S.: 16 genera PNW (Hitchcock & Cronquist): 7 genera |
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K2-3 Co4 (2+2)-12 S6- P (2-x) |
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| Sexuality: | bisexual |
| Symmetry: | actinomorphic and zygomorphic |
| Inflorescence: | often cymes, also solitary or racemes |
| Calyx (sepals): | 2 to 3, fully enclosing bud, quickly deciduous (=caducous) |
| Corolla (petals): | 4 to 12, separate, often biseriate (two series); for zygomorphic, usu. 2+2 petal arrangement with outer pair including spur on one or both; if actinomorphic, petals often crumpled |
| Androecium: | 4, 6 (3+3), to numerous stamens, in two to several series |
| Gynoecium: | 2 to several carpels, united, superior ovary (=hypogynous) |
| Fruit: | capsule opens with valves or pores, or single-seeded nut |
| Other features: | genetic self-incompatability system (gametophytic type) |
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