| | Papaveraceae -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | The Papaveraceae, or Poppy family, is a family from the order (Herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae) Ranunculales. |
 | | It comprises 23 (Click link for more info and facts about genera) genera and about 200 ((biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed) species. |
 | | Sanguinaria : (Perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leave and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant) Bloodroot |
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