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40. Corydalis sect. Incisae Fedde, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 181. 1926.

刻叶紫堇组 ke ye zi jin zu

Corydalis sect. Linstowianae C. Y. Wu & Z. Y. Su.

Herbs, annual or biennial, with slender to swollen taproot with numerous small fibrous roots. All leaves stalked, with membranous auricles at base; leaflets usually dentate; lower bract often like upper leaf. Flowers purple or amaranth to blue or white. Capsule obovoid to narrowly oblong, explosively dehiscent, pendent from straight, erect-spreading pedicel.

Nine species: China, Japan (including Ryukyu Islands), Korea; nine species (eight endemic) in China.


1 Leaf lobes entire; stipules deeply laciniate.   334 C. linstowiana
+ Leaf lobes dentate or finely divided; stipules finely erose-dentate to entire   (2)
       
2 (1) Fruit narrowly oblong to linear, with seeds in 1 row   (3)
+ Fruit obovoid to elliptic, with seeds in 2 rows   (5)
       
3 (2) Raceme 2-4-flowered; upper petal 9-13 mm, without crest.   342 C. foliaceobracteata
+ Raceme 5-15-flowered; upper petal 16-22 mm, with short high crest   (4)
       
4 (3) Sepals 1-2 mm; spur thick, straight, 8-10 mm; stem usually erect.   336 C. incisa
+ Sepals 3-4 mm; spur thin, arcuately downcurved, ca. 11 mm.   341 C. amphipogon
       
5 (2) Corolla strongly upcurved; sepals 5-7 × 4-6 mm.   335 C. amplisepala
+ Corolla ± straight; sepals much smaller   (6)
       
6 (5) Leaves finely divided into linear lobes; outer petals without crest.   338 C. anethifolia
+ Leaves less finely divided, serrate to ± deeply dentate; lower petal or both outer petals crested   (7)
       
7 (6) Plant with tuber; flowers 11-13 mm; racemes very dense in flower, considerably enlarging in fruit.   337 C. heterodonta
+ Plant without tuber; flowers 15-20 mm; racemes lax   (8)
       
8 (7) Stem 20-40 cm; raceme 5-13-flowered; lower bract to 2 cm, smaller than leaves; stigma deeply divided with 10 distinct papillae.   340 C. pseudoincisa
+ Stem 10-20 cm; raceme 4-8-flowered; lower bract to 5 cm, like stem leaf; stigma not or slightly emarginate with few papillae.   339 C. hemsleyana

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