? Greater celandine
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Ranunculales Family: Papaveraceae Genus: Chelidonium Species: C. majus
Binomial name
Chelidonium majus L.

The greater celandine (Chelidonium majus) is a yellow-flowering poppy, native to Europe and the Mediterranean basin. It is also widespread in North America, having been brought there by settlers as a herbal remedy for skin problems such as warts as early as 1672. The whole plant is toxic, containing a range of alkaloids; it may also cause contact dermatitis, particulalry the sap. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 138 KB) Chelidonium majus ro: Rostopască File links The following pages link to this file: Greater celandine ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families See text The Ranunculales are an order of flowering plants, which belong among the basal eudicots. ... It has been suggested that Poppy be merged into this article or section. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature refers to the formal method of naming species. ... Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linné ▶(?), and in English usually under the Latinized name Carolus Linnaeus (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of taxonomy. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Papaveraceae. ... Europe forms the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... Satellite image The Mediterranean Sea is a part of the Atlantic Ocean almost completely enclosed by land, on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the... A wart is a generally small, rough, cauliflower-like growth, typically on hands and feet. ... Events England, France, Munster and Cologne invade the United Provinces, therefore this name is know as ´het rampjaar´ (the disaster year) in the Netherlands. ... An alkaloid is a nitrogenous organic molecule that has a pharmacological effect on humans and animals. ... Dermatitis, also known as eczema, is a skin irritation characterized by red, flaky skin, sometimes with cracks or tiny blisters. ... The abbreviation, acronym, or initialism SAP has several different meanings: SAP AG - a German software company, or its various products such as SAP R/3 or SAP BW second audio program (television) Session Announcement Protocol Soritong audio player Simple As Possible Computer Architecture Structural Adjustment Program of the IMF Standard...

Greater celandine plants may reach 80 cm high, with deeply divided, 30-cm long leaves. The flowers comprise four yellow petals, each about 1 cm long, and are produced from May to July. The seeds are small and black, and possess an elaiosome, which attracts ants to disperse the seeds (myrmecochory). The metre, or meter (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ... A petal is one member or part of the corolla of a flower. ... This article is about the month of May. ... July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... A seed is the ripened ovule of gymnosperm or angiosperm plants. ... Subfamilies Dorylomorph subfamilies Apomyrminae Cerapachyinae Dorylinae Ecitoninae Formicomorph subfamilies: Aneuretinae Dolichoderinae Formicinae - e. ... Myrmecochory is an ecological or, more specifically, a botanical term for seed dispersal by ants. This is a very specific mutualism. ...

The greater celandine is the only species in the genus Chelidonium, and is not closely related to the lesser celandine, which is in a different family. In biology, the most commonly used definition of species was first coined by Ernst Mayr. ... In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a grouping in the classification of living organisms having one or more related and morphologically similar species. ... Binomial name Ranunculus ficaria Lesser celandine, (Ranunculus ficaria) is a low-growing, hairless perennial with rather fleshy dark green, heart-shaped leaves. ...