''Cathcartia'' is a small

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae, native to China, Nepal, the eastern Himalayas, and northern Myanmar. Chloroplast DNA evidence supports a split of ''Cathcartia'' from the blue poppy genus ''

Meconopsis ''Meconopsis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the poppy family Papaveraceae. It was created by French botanist Viguier in 1814 for the species known by the common name Welsh poppy, which Carl Linnaeus had described as ''Papaver cambricum''. ...

'' in an effort to resolve longstanding taxonomic difficulties in the Himalayan poppies.

Species

The following species are accepted: *'' Cathcartia chelidoniifolia'' *'' Cathcartia oliveriana'' *'' Cathcartia smithiana'' *'' Cathcartia villosa''

References

Papaveroideae Papaveraceae genera Flora of North-Central China Flora of South-Central China Flora of Southeast China Flora of Tibet Flora of Nepal Flora of East Himalaya Flora of Myanmar {{Ranunculales-stub