Sarcocapnos
Sarcocapnos enneaphylla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Papaveraceae
Subfamily: Fumarioideae
Tribe: Fumarieae
Subtribe: Fumariinae
Genus: Sarcocapnos
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Sarcocapnos (Greek sárx "flesh", kapnós "smoke") is a genus of at least 6 species of somewhat fleshy, cushion-forming annual to perennial plants, native to cliffs in the French Pyrenees, Spain, and north Africa.

Description

As in the genus Corydalis (but unlike Dicentra), the flowers are zygomorphic, that is, they have bilateral symmetry.

Species

There are at least 6 species:

  • Sarcocapnos baetica (Boiss. & Reut.) Nyman
  • Sarcocapnos crassifolia (Desf.) DC.
  • Sarcocapnos enneaphylla (L.) DC.
  • Sarcocapnos integrifolia (Boiss.) Cuatrec.
  • Sarcocapnos pulcherrima C. Morales & Romero García
  • Sarcocapnos saetabensis Mateo & Figuerola

References

    Bleeding Hearts, Corydalis, and Their Relatives. Mark C. Tebbitt, Magnus Lidén, Henrik Zetterlund. 2008. — Google Books


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