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THE monotypic genus Oceanopapaver was established for the naming of O. neocaledonicum by Guillaumin1. Because of certain characters which need not be discussed here he relegated his new genus to Papaveraceae. Friedel2 cast some doubt on this classification and suggested that the plant showed a number of characters not unlike those of the Cistaceae. Fedde3, in a review of the Papaveraceae, expressed scepticism about allocating this new genus to that family. Among other criteria he saw some difficulty in finding a papaveraceous plant endemic to the tropical New Caledonia in the southern hemisphere.
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Guillaumin, A., Bull. Soc. bot. France, 79, 225 (1932).
Friedel, F., Bull. Soc. bot. France, 80, 33 (1933).
Fedde, F., in Engler-Prantl, Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien, 17 b.
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MANSKE, R. The Genus Oceanopapaver. Nature 200, 1123 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/2001123b0
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