Plant Diversity ›› 1980, Vol. 2 ›› Issue (04): 1-3.

• Articles •    

A STUDY 0N THE TAX0N0MIC SYSTEM 0F THE GENUS MECON0PSIS

Wu Cheng-yih Chuang Hsuan   

  1. Kunmming Institute of Botany,Academia sinica
  • Online:1980-08-25 Published:1980-08-25

Abstract: Meconopsis is larger genus in Papaveraceae. In this genus there are forty-nine specs all told. One species only is native to west Europe, while the other forty-eight species are all distributed in Sino.Himalayan Region of E. Asia. There are thirty-eight species in China.Special studies have been made by many botanists regarding the taxonomic system of this genus, Fedde's and Taylor's system are the representative one thereof.

Key words: taxonomic system, genus, meconopsis