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33. Corydalis ser. Curviflorae (Fedde) C. Y. Wu & H. Chuang, Acta Bot. Yunnan. 6: 245. 1984.

曲花紫堇系 qu hua zi jin xi

Corydalis "Gruppe" Curviflorae Fedde, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 197. 1919.

Herbs, perennial; stems and petioles of radical leaves attenuate to filiform underground base. Rhizome small, with fascicle of spindle-shaped to almost linear storage roots, apically with small pale bulblike bud; sometimes with thin stolons. Stems erect, slender, simple. Radical leaves small, ternate to biternate. Cauline leaves sessile, palmate. Fruiting pedicel erect. Corolla blue, yellow, or purple; upper petal with broad obtuse usually upturned spur; inner petals broad, with upper lateral wing conspicuous; dorsal crest broad, rounded, conspicuously overtopping petal apex. Stigma emarginate, with shortly stipitate apical papillae; geminate papillae usually only in basal corners. Capsule explosively dehiscent.

● Eight species: China.


1 Flowers yellow or cream   (2)
+ Flowers blue to purple   (3)
       
2 (1) Flowers 12-19 mm; fruit linear-oblong.   249 C. cytisiflora
+ Flowers 11-12 mm; fruit broadly obovoid.   250 C. nematopoda
       
3 (1) Storage roots rounded to oblong, sharply set off by long thin stalks.   254 C. curviflora
+ Storage roots narrowly fusiform, smoothly tapering to base, often thin   (4)
       
4 (3) Crest of outer petals overtopping apex; storage roots thin; most bracts entire   (5)
+ Crest of upper petal not overtopping apex; storage roots thin or thick; bracts entire or divided   (6)
       
5 (4) Outer petals entire; corolla clear blue; stigma with 4 marginal simple papillae; racemes 3-14-flowered (Lhasa).   251 C. pseudofilisecta
+ Outer petals usually dentate; corolla yellow, cream, blue, or purple; stigma with 6 prominent marginal simple papillae; racemes 10-30-flowered (N Sichuan).   249 C. cytisiflora
       
6 (4) Bracts palmatisect; stigma with 2 inner apical papillae very long; ovules numerous (23 or 24).   252 C. verna
+ Bracts entire, except sometimes lower ones; apical stigma papillae ca. as broad as long; ovules fewer   (7)
       
7 (6) Outer petals obtuse; storage roots 1-3 mm in diam.; bracts rarely divided; capsule broadly obovoid.   253 C. pachycentra
+ Outer petals broad, acute to acuminate; storage roots very thin, to 1 mm in diam.; lower bract often divided; capsule oblong   (8)
       
8 (7) Stigma with pronounced basal lobes; racemes 10-15-flowered; inner petals white tipped; spur shorter than inner petals.   247 C. shensiana
+ Basal lobes of stigma not developed; racemes 3-9-flowered; inner petals not white tipped; spur equaling inner petals.   248 C. schistostigma

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