Hypecoeae

Hypecoeae, tribe within the poppy family (Papaveraceae), comprising 15 species of a single genus, Hypecoum. Members of the tribe were formerly in their own family, Hypecoaceae, but molecular evidence suggests that the group is evolutionarily derived from Papaveraceae. The plants occur in warm temperate areas from the Mediterranean to eastern Asia. One species, H. procumbens, from southern Europe, has been cultivated as a hardy garden annual for its dainty loose clusters of bright yellow cupped...