View source for Macleaya ← Macleaya You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Macleaya |accepted_authority=R. Brown in D. Denham and H. Clapperton |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=in D. Denham and H. Clapperton, Narr. Travels Africa, app., |place=218. 1826 |year=1826 }} |common_names=Plume-poppy;tree-celandine |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Papaveraceae;Macleaya |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Papaveraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Macleaya]]</div></div> |etymology=for Alexander Macleay, 1767-1848, Scottish botanist, entomologist, and Secretary to the Colony of New South Wales |volume=Volume 3 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, caulescent, usually glaucous, from rhizomes;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="sap coloration">sap yellow.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem architecture;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>hollow, leafy.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>alternate, petiolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade shape">blade 1-2× subpalmately or pinnately lobed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;inflorescence arrangement;inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal, paniculate, many-flowered;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="bract presence">bracts present.</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 presence">petals absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="stamen atypical quantity;stamen quantity">stamens 25-30 [8-12];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="pistil architecture">pistil 2-carpellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="ovary architecture;ovary architecture or structure in adjective form">ovary substipitate, 1-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="style height or length or size">style short;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="stigma shape">stigma 2-lobed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="capsule orientation;capsule architecture;capsule architecture;capsule dehiscence"><b>Capsules </b>nodding, substipitate, 2-valved, dehiscing from apex.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties=""><b>Seeds </b>4-6 [1], arillate [not arillate].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="seed atypical quantity;seed quantity;seed architecture;x chromosome quantity">x = 10.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=North America;Asia (China and Japan) |discussion=<p>Species 2 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Native to temperate eastern Asia, Macleaya has sometimes been merged with neotropical Bocconia, which differs in having perennial stems, long-stipitate ovaries, fleshy, single-seeded capsules dehiscing from the base, and much larger seeds. The sap of Macleaya has been used in traditional Chinese medicine as an antiseptic for wounds (C. Grey-Wilson 1993).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Macleaya |authority=R. Brown in D. Denham and H. Clapperton |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Papaveraceae |distribution=North America;Asia (China and Japan) |reference=None |publication title=in D. Denham and H. Clapperton, Narr. Travels Africa, app., |publication year=1826 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V3/V3_1026.xml |genus=Macleaya |blade shape=lobed |bract presence=absent |capsule architecture=2-valved;substipitate |capsule dehiscence=dehiscing |capsule orientation=nodding |inflorescence architecture=many-flowered |inflorescence arrangement=paniculate |inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal |leaf architecture=petiolate |leaf arrangement=alternate |ovary architecture=substipitate |ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=1-locular |petal presence=absent |pistil architecture=2-carpellate |sap coloration=yellow |seed architecture=arillate |seed atypical quantity=1 |seed quantity=4;6 |sepal fusion=distinct |sepal quantity=2 |stamen atypical quantity=8;12 |stamen quantity=25;30 |stem architecture=leafy;hollow |stigma shape=2-lobed |style height or length or size=short |whole_organism architecture=caulescent |whole_organism duration=perennial |whole_organism growth form=herb |whole_organism pubescence=glaucous |x chromosome quantity=10 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Papaveraceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Papaveraceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Macleaya.