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