Corydalis

Corydalis
Corydalis ambigua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Fumariaceae
Genus:	Corydalis
Species
See text.

Corydalis solida

Ferny Corydalis (Corydalis cheilanthifolia)

Golden Smoke (Corydalis aurea)

Corydalis flexuosa

Corydalis (Greek korydalís "crested lark") is a genus of about 470 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the fumewort family (sometimes included in the poppy family), native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere and the high mountains of tropical eastern Africa. They are most diverse in China and the Himalayas, with at least 357 species in China.

Corydalis species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species (butterflies), especially of the genus Mnemosyne.

Corydalis cava and some other tuberous species contain the alkaloid bulbocapnine, which is occasionally used in medicine.

Species

There are about 470 species, including:

Corydalis afghanica Corydalis aitchisonii Corydalis alpestris Corydalis ambigua Corydalis angustifolia Corydalis aqua-gelidae Corydalis arctica Corydalis aurea Corydalis bracteata Corydalis buschii Corydalis caseana Corydalis caseana ssp. brandegei Corydalis cashmeriana Corydalis cava Corydalis chaerophylla Corydalis cheilanthifolia Ferny Corydalis Corydalis chionophila Corydalis clavibracteata Corydalis conorhiza Corydalis cornuta Corydalis darwasica Corydalis diphylla Corydalis elata Corydalis emmanuelii Corydalis flavula Corydalis flexuosa Corydalis gigantea Corydalis glaucescens Corydalis gortschakovii Corydalis integra Corydalis intermedia Corydalis kushiroensis Corydalis latiflora Corydalis lineariloba

Corydalis lydica Corydalis macrocentra Corydalis marschalliana Corydalis nariniana Corydalis nobilis Corydalis ochotensis Corydalis ophiocarpa Corydalis oppositifolia Corydalis pallida Corydalis parnassica Corydalis pinnatibracteata Corydalis popovii Corydalis pumila Corydalis rupestris Corydalis rutifolia Corydalis saxicola Corydalis scouleri Scouler's Corydalis Corydalis seisumsiana Corydalis semenovii Corydalis shanginii Corydalis sibirica Corydalis solida Corydalis stenantha Corydalis tomentella Corydalis trilobipetala Corydalis turtschaninovii Corydalis vaginans Corydalis verticillaris Corydalis wendelboi Corydalis wilsonii Corydalis yanhusuo yan hu so Corydalis zeaensis

Former species

Several former Corydalis have been moved to new genera:

Pseudofumaria

• Corydalis lutea = Pseudofumaria lutea
  Yellow Corydalis
• Corydalis ochroleuca = Pseudofumaria alba

Capnoides

• Corydalis sempervirens = Capnoides sempervirens

External links

• Flora of China