| Cathcartia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Papaveraceae |
| Subfamily: | Papaveroideae |
| Tribe: | Papavereae |
| Genus: | Cathcartia Hook.f. |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cumminsia King ex Prain | |
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[edit]
The following species are accepted:[1]
- Cathcartia chelidoniifolia (Bureau & Franch.) Grey-Wilson
- Cathcartia oliveriana (Franch. ex Prain) Grey-Wilson
- Cathcartia smithiana Hand.-Mazz.
- Cathcartia villosa Hook.f.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Cathcartia Hook.f." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ Xiao, Wei; Simpson, Beryl B. (2017). "A New Infrageneric Classification of Meconopsis (Papaveraceae) Based on a Well-supported Molecular Phylogeny". Systematic Botany. 42 (2): 226–233. doi:10.1600/036364417X695466. S2CID 91152469.