Meconopsis villosa, the Himalayan woodland-poppy, is an ornamental poppy, which is native of Nepal. The species was placed in the genus Cathcartia erected by J.D. Hooker to honour J.F. Cathcart, an Indian civil servant and amateur botanist who collected and hired native artists to illustrate the flowers of the Himalayas.[citation needed] It was transferred to Meconopsis by George Taylor in 1934.[1] In 2017, it was suggested that the genus Cathcartia should be revived, and this species again treated as Cathcartia villosa.[2]
| Meconopsis villosa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Papaveraceae |
| Genus: | Meconopsis |
| Species: | M. villosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Meconopsis villosa | |
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References edit
- ^ "Meconopsis villosa (Hook.f.) G.Taylor", International Plant Names Index (IPNI), Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens, retrieved 2021-02-02
- ^ 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.
- Grey-Wilson, C. (1993) Poppies: The poppy family in the wild and in cultivation. (Poppies) 81. [accepts; lists as C. villosa Hook.f. ex Hook.].
- Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. (1984–) Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. (F Bhutan) [accepts; lists as C. villosa Hook.].
- Hara, H. et al. (1978–1982) An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. (L Nepal) [lists as C. villosa Hook.f.].
- Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
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