Argemone mexicana
A species in the Papaveraceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Ranunculales
- Family
- Papaveraceae
- Genus
- Argemone
- Species
- Argemone mexicana
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1753
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Argemone mexicana. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
20 synonyms in this snapshot
- Argemone albaRaf.
- Argemone alba var. leiocarpaFedde
- Argemone leiocarpaGreene
- Argemone leiocarpa var. mexicanoidesFedde
- Argemone leiocarpa var. ochroleucoidesFedde
- Argemone mexicana f. leiocarpa(Greene) Ownbey
- Argemone mexicana var. anacanthoideaFedde
- Argemone mexicana var. luteaKuntze
- Argemone mexicana var. mexicana
- Argemone mexicana var. ochroleucaBritton
- Argemone mexicana var. parvifloraKuntze
- Argemone mucronataDum.Cours. ex Steud.
- Argemone sexvalvisStokes
- Argemone spinosaGaterau
- Argemone spinosaMoench
- Argemone versicolorSalisb.
- Argemone vulgarisSpach
- Echtrus mexicanus(L.) Nieuwl.
- Echtrus trivialisLour.
- Papaver mexicanum(L.) E.H.L.Krause
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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