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| Sarcocapnos | |
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| Sarcocapnos enneaphylla | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Papaveraceae |
| Subfamily: | Fumarioideae |
| Tribe: | Fumarieae |
| Subtribe: | Fumariinae |
| Genus: | Sarcocapnos DC. |
| Species | |
| See text | |
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
[edit]As in the genus Corydalis (but unlike Dicentra), the flowers are zygomorphic, that is, they have bilateral symmetry.
Species
[edit]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
[edit]Bleeding Hearts, Corydalis, and Their Relatives. Mark C. Tebbitt, Magnus Lidén, Henrik Zetterlund. 2008. — Google Books
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