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|accepted_name=Dendromecon
|accepted_authority=Bentham
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Trans. Hort. Soc. London, ser.
|place=2, 1: 407. 1835 [Greek dendron, tree, and mekon, poppy]
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Papaveraceae;Dendromecon
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Papaveraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Dendromecon]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism size;whole_organism duration;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism growth form"><b>Shrubs </b>or small trees, evergreen, glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="sap coloration">sap colorless.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>leafy.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>alternate, short-petiolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade shape;blade texture">blade unlobed, leathery;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="margin shape;margin shape">margins entire or minutely denticulate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;inflorescence architecture;branchlet height or length or size"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal on short branchlets, 1-flowered.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="sepal quantity;sepal fusion"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals 2, distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="petal quantity;petal coloration;petal shape;petal shape;satin reflectance;groove size;groove arrangement or course or shape">petals 4, yellow, obovate or obcuneate, with satin sheen from microscopic linear grooves;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="stamen quantity">stamens many;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="pistil quantity;pistil architecture">pistil 1, 2-carpellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="ovary shape;ovary architecture or structure in adjective form">ovary cylindric to long-conic, 1-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="style presence">style absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="stigma quantity;stigma shape">stigmas 2, obcompressed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="fruit architecture;fruit shape;fruit architecture;fruit dehiscence"><b>Fruits </b>capsular, cylindric, 2-valved, dehiscing from base along placentas.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="seed quantity;seed coloration;seed coloration;seed shape;seed architecture or pubescence or relief;seed coloration;seed architecture"><b>Seeds </b>many, brown or black, obovoid, smooth, pale carunculate, aril absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="aril presence;x chromosome quantity">x = 28.</span><!--

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|distribution=w North America
|discussion=<p>Species 2 (2 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaf blades lanceolate, 3–8 times longer than wide, margins minutely denticulate, apex acute to acuminate; mainland.
|[[Dendromecon rigida|Dendromecon rigida]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaf blades elliptic, ovate, or oblong, 1.5–3 times longer than wide, margins entire, apex usually rounded; California Channel Islands.
|[[Dendromecon harfordii|Dendromecon harfordii]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Dendromecon
|author=Curtis Clark
|authority=Bentham
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Papaveraceae
|distribution=w North America
|reference=None
|publication title=Trans. Hort. Soc. London, ser.
|publication year=
|special status=
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|genus=Dendromecon
|aril presence=absent
|blade shape=unlobed
|blade texture=leathery
|branchlet height or length or size=short
|fruit architecture=2-valved;capsular
|fruit dehiscence=dehiscing
|fruit shape=cylindric
|groove arrangement or course or shape=linear
|groove size=microscopic
|inflorescence architecture=1-flowered
|inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal
|leaf architecture=short-petiolate
|leaf arrangement=alternate
|margin shape=denticulate;entire
|ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=1-locular
|ovary shape=cylindric;long-conic
|petal coloration=yellow
|petal quantity=4
|petal shape=obcuneate;obovate
|pistil architecture=2-carpellate
|pistil quantity=1
|sap coloration=colorless
|satin reflectance=sheen
|seed architecture=carunculate
|seed architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth
|seed coloration=pale;black;brown
|seed quantity=many
|seed shape=obovoid
|sepal fusion=distinct
|sepal quantity=2
|stamen quantity=many
|stem architecture=leafy
|stigma quantity=2
|stigma shape=obcompressed
|style presence=absent
|whole_organism duration=evergreen;evergreen
|whole_organism growth form=tree;shrub
|whole_organism pubescence=glabrous;glabrous
|whole_organism size=small
|x chromosome quantity=28
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