Bocconia (plant)

Bocconia is a genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, Papaveraceae, that contains 10 species. Carl Linnaeus chose the name to honor the Italian botanist Paolo Boccone (1633–1704).^[3] It is native to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America (Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and northwest Argentina).^[4]

Bocconia
Tree poppy (Bocconia frutescens)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Papaveraceae
Subfamily:	Papaveroideae
Tribe:	Chelidonieae
Genus:	Bocconia L.[1][2]
Species
See text.

Species

The following species are listed in Plants of the World Online:^[4]

• Bocconia arborea Watson
• Bocconia frutescens L. – Tree poppy^[2]
• Bocconia glaucifolia Hutch.
• Bocconia gracilis Hutch.
• Bocconia hintoniorum B.L.Turner
• Bocconia integrifolia^[5]
• Bocconia latisepala^[6]
• Bocconia macbrideana Standl.
• Bocconia pubibractea Hutch.
• Bocconia vulcanica Donn.Sm.

Formerly placed here

• Macleaya cordata (Willd.) R.Br. (as B. cordata Willd.)
• Macleaya microcarpa (Maxim.) Fedde (as B. microcarpa Maxim.)^[5]