Canbya
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Canbya | |
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Pygmy poppy (Canbya candida) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Ranunculales |
Family: | Papaveraceae |
Subfamily: | Papaveroideae |
Tribe: | Papavereae |
Genus: | Canbya Parry ex A.Gray |
Species | |
Canbya, also known as the pygmy poppies, is a genus of the poppy family Papaveraceae consisting of two species found in the dry parts of western North America. Both species are small, no more than a few centimeters tall, with flowers less than 10 mm across.
The genus was named after well-known amateur botanist William Marriott Canby (1831–1904).
Species
Image | Name | Distribution |
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Canbya aurea - yellow pygmy-poppy | Central and southeastern Oregon and northwestern Nevada |
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Canbya candida - pygmy poppy, white pygmy poppy | western Mojave Desert of Southern California. |
References
- Christopher Grey-Wilson, Poppies (Portland: Timber Press, 2000) ISBN 0-88192-503-9 p. 229
External links
Media related to Canbya at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Canbya at WikispeciesError: "Q2900528" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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