Opium Poppy

Papaver somniferum (binomen a Linnaeo anno 1753 statutum), sive Latinitate communi papaver, est species plantarum florentium, in Europa meridiana ad litora Mediterranei sponte gignens, ab hominibus iam aevo praehistorico culta propter semina edulia aromatica sed praecipue propter sucum e quo opium, pharmacum analgesicum et psychedelicum, paratur.

Bibliographia

Eruditio recentior

• A. C. Andrews, "The opium poppy as food and spice in the classical period" in Agricultural History vol. 26 (1952) pp. 152-155
• Suembikya Frumin, Aren M. Maeir, Liora Kolska Horwitz, Ehud Weiss, "Studying Ancient Anthropogenic Impacts on Current Floral Biodiversity in the Southern Levant as reflected by the Philistine Migration" in Scientific Reports vol. 5 no. 13308 (2015)

Nexus externi

Vide "Papaver somniferum" apud Vicispecies. Situs scientifici: Tropicos • Tela Botanica • GRIN • ITIS • Plant List • NCBI • Biodiversity • Encyclopedia of Life • Plant Name Index • Plantes d'Afrique • Flora of China • INPN France • Flora of North America • USDA Plants Database