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|accepted_name=Meconella
|accepted_authority=Nuttall in J. Torrey & A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in J. Torrey & A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer.
|place=1: 64. 1838
|year=1838
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Papaveraceae;Meconella
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Papaveraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Meconella]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek mekon, poppy, and ella, diminutive
|volume=Volume 3
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="herb duration;herb architecture;herb pubescence;herb pubescence"><b>Herbs,</b> annual, caulescent, glabrous or glabrate, from fibrous-roots.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem architecture;stem orientation;stem orientation;stem orientation;stem architecture;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>leafy, mostly at base, erect to decumbent, simple or branching.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="basal leaf arrangement;basal leaf architecture"><b>Leaves:</b> basal rosulate, winged-petiolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="cauline leaf arrangement;cauline leaf arrangement;cauline leaf architecture;cauline leaf architecture">cauline opposite or whorled, subsessile or sessile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade shape">blades unlobed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence position;inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary or terminal, 1-flowered;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="beak presence">bracts absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="bud shape;bud orientation">bud globose, nodding.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="receptacle size;ring size"><b>Flowers:</b> receptacle sometimes expanded into small ring beneath calyx;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="sepal quantity;flap arrangement;flap arrangement">sepals 3, with overlapping, loosely connivent flaps;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="petal quantity">petals 6;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="stamen quantity;series quantity;series quantity;series quantity">stamens 4-6 in 1 series or ca. 12 in 2 series;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="filament shape">filaments usually dilated distally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="pistil architecture">pistil 3-carpellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="ovary architecture or structure in adjective form;ovary shape">ovary 1-locular, linear-oblong;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="stigma quantity">stigmas 3.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="capsule orientation;capsule arrangement or course or shape;capsule shape;capsule architecture;capsule dehiscence;carpel shape"><b>Capsules </b>erect, linear, greatly elongate at maturity and often spirally twisted, dehiscing apically by separation of valvelike carpels.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="seed quantity;seed coloration;seed reflectance"><b>Seeds </b>few, black, shiny, aril absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="aril presence;x chromosome quantity">x = 8.</span><!--

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|distribution=Far w North America
|discussion=<p>Species 3 (3 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Receptacle ± as long as broad, not expanded to ring beneath calyx; anthers linear-oblong, usually at least 1/2 length of filaments.
|[[Meconella denticulata|Meconella denticulata]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Receptacle shorter than broad, expanded to ring beneath calyx; anthers ovoid to globose, much shorter than filaments.
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Stamens ca. 12, sometimes fewer in depauperate specimens, in 2 series, outer filaments shorter than inner.
|[[Meconella californica|Meconella californica]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Stamens 4–6, in 1 series, filaments all ± equal.
|[[Meconella oregana|Meconella oregana]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Meconella
|author=Gary L. Hannan
|authority=Nuttall in J. Torrey & A. Gray
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Papaveraceae
|distribution=Far w North America
|reference=None
|publication title=in J. Torrey & A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer.
|publication year=1838
|special status=
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|genus=Meconella
|aril presence=absent
|basal leaf architecture=winged-petiolate
|basal leaf arrangement=rosulate
|beak presence=absent
|blade shape=unlobed
|bud orientation=nodding
|bud shape=globose
|capsule architecture=twisted
|capsule arrangement or course or shape=linear
|capsule dehiscence=dehiscing
|capsule orientation=erect
|capsule shape=elongate
|carpel shape=valvelike
|cauline leaf architecture=sessile;subsessile
|cauline leaf arrangement=whorled;opposite
|filament shape=dilated
|flap arrangement=connivent;overlapping
|herb architecture=caulescent
|herb duration=annual
|herb pubescence=glabrate;glabrous
|inflorescence architecture=1-flowered
|inflorescence position=terminal;axillary
|ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=1-locular
|ovary shape=linear-oblong
|petal quantity=6
|pistil architecture=3-carpellate
|receptacle size=expanded
|ring size=small
|seed coloration=black
|seed quantity=few
|seed reflectance=shiny
|sepal quantity=3
|series quantity=1;12;1
|stamen quantity=4;6
|stem architecture=branching;simple;leafy
|stem orientation=erect;decumbent
|stigma quantity=3
|x chromosome quantity=8
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