Papaver arenarium
| Papaver arenarium | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Papaveraceae |
| Genus: | Papaver |
| Species: | P. arenarium |
| Binomial name | |
| Papaver arenarium | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| Papaver caucasicum J.Henning | |
Papaver arenarium is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae, native to the Caucasus and Caspian regions.[1] It and Papaver bracteatum deviate from the usual morphine-producing pathway typically used by other members of Papaver, with, for example, P. arenarium producing N-demethylcodeine at the step that P. somniferum produces morphine.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Papaver arenarium M.Bieb". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ Ziegler, Jörg; Facchini, Peter J.; Geißler, René; Schmidt, Jürgen; Ammer, Christian; Kramell, Robert; Voigtländer, Susan; Gesell, Andreas; Pienkny, Silke; Brandt, Wolfgang (2009). "Evolution of morphine biosynthesis in opium poppy". Phytochemistry. 70 (15–16): 1696–1707. Bibcode:2009PChem..70.1696Z. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2009.07.006. PMID 19665152.