Roemeria refracta

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Roemeria refracta
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Papaveraceae
Genus: Roemeria
Species:
R. refracta
Binomial name
Roemeria refracta
DC

Roemeria refracta, the spotted Asia-poppy, is an annual, hairy herbaceous plant of the genus Roemeria and the family Papaveraceae. The plant is 4 to 50 cm tall. The petals are red with a black spot at the base. Sometimes there is a white border around the black spot. Also, in a variety of this plant (Roemeria refracta var. alba), the petals are white. The fruit is a narrow, dehiscent capsule 2 to 8 cm long. Geographical distribution: Turkey, Iran, Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan. [1]

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Alkaloids

Isopavine alkaloids reframine, reframidine and reframoline are present in Roemeria refracta. [2] [3]

References

  1. ↑ توکلی, زهرا; اسدی, مصطفی; زراعتکار, امین (2014). "مروری بر تاکسونومی جنس Roemeria در ایران". رستنیها. 15 (2). doi:10.22092/botany.2014.101238.
  2. ↑ Dolejš, L., Slavík, J. (1968). "Alkaloids of the Papaveraceae. XLI. Mass spectra of the isopavine alkaloids reframine, reframidine and reframoline". Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications. 33 (11): 3917–3919. doi:10.1135/cccc19683917.
  3. ↑ Slavík, J., Slavíková, L., Dolejš, L. (1968). "Alkaloids of the Papaveraceae. XLII. Alkaloids of Roemeria refracta (STEV.) DC". Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications. 33 (12): 4066–4082. doi:10.1135/cccc19684066.
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