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Meconopsis villosa

Synonyms: Cathcartia villosa (homotypic); Papaver cathcartia

Wikipedia Abstract

Meconopsis villosa (Himalayan woodland-poppy; syn. Cathcartia villosa Hook.f. ex Hook.) is an ornamental poppy, which is native of Nepal. The species was placed in the genus Cathcartia erected by J.D. Hooker to honour J.F.Cathcart, an Indian civil servant and amateur botanist who collected and hired native artists to illustrate the flowers of the Himalayas.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0