|
|
|
14. Corydalis sect. Oocapnos Popov ex Wendelbo in K. H. Rechinger, Fl. Iran. 110: 11. 1974.
囊果紫堇组 nang guo zi jin zu
Cysticorydalis Fedde.
Seedlings with 1 cotyledon. Herbs, perennial, gray-glaucous, fleshy, with long thin rootstock. Stems from basal leaf axillary, near base attenuate, upper part with 1 or 2(or 3) leaves. Flowers white to light blue, in dense racemes. Fruit inflated, globose, indehiscent, with many seeds.
Three or four species: from C Asian alpine regions to the W Himalayas and C Xizang, occurring in cold and dry alpine scree; two species (one endemic) in China.
The Himalayan Corydalis crassifolia Royle (Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 1: 68. 1834) is not known from China, but its occurrence there is highly probable.
|
|
|
|
| 1 (1) |
Leaves almost entire to ternatisect to sub-pinnatifid, rounded in outline. ..... C. crassifolia (see note above) |
|
(1) |
| + |
Leaves much more divided, ovate |
|
(2) |
| |
|
|
|
| 2 (1) |
Leaves tripinnate; bracts entire to incised; spur almost as long as limb. |
|
76 C. fedtschenkoana |
| + |
Leaves (bi-)pinnate; bracts more divided; spur ca. 1/5 as long as limb. |
|
77 C. retingensis |
|
|
|
Lower Taxa
| Related Links (opens in a new window) |
|
Other Databases
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
