Meconella
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants in the poppy family Papaveraceae}}
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| image = Meconelladenticulata.jpg
| image_caption = Meconella denticulata
| display_parents = 2
| taxon = Meconella
| authority = Nutt.
| type_species =Meconella oregana
}}
Meconella is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family. They are known generally as fairypoppies.
Species
There are about 3 species:[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=119933 Flora of North America]
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| Image | Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| Meconella californica – California fairypoppy | around the San Francisco Bay Area and the Sierra foothills | |
| 120px | Meconella denticulata – smallflower fairypoppy | from around the San Francisco Bay Area to the Peninsular Ranges |
| Meconella oregana – white fairypoppy | Oregon, California, Washington and British Columbia. |
A fourth species, Meconella linearis,[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?5547,5586,5589 Jepson Manual Treatment: M. linearis] is sometimes treated as Platystigma linearis[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PLLI4 USDA Plants Profile: P. linearis] or Hesperomecon linearis.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233500661 Flora of North America: H. linearis]
The species are endemic from British Columbia, Canada south to California.
References
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External links
- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?5547,5586 Jepson Manual Treatment: Meconella]
- [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=MECON USDA Plants Profile: Meconella]
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Category:Flora of the West Coast of the United States
Category:Taxa named by Thomas Nuttall
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