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Corydalis

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants in the poppy family}}

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| type_species = Corydalis bulbosa

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Corydalis (from Greek korydalís "crested lark") is a genus of about 540 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Papaveraceae, 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 spp. are the only dicots having only a single cotyledon (seed leaf).{{cite book |editor= V.H. Heywood Ph.D. | date= 1978 |title= Flowering Plants of the World | location= New York | publisher= Mayflower Books | page=53 |isbn= 0-8317-3400-0 }}

Ecology

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

Toxicity

Corydalis cava and some other tuberous species contain the alkaloid bulbocapnine, which is occasionally used in medicine but scientific evidence is lacking in the correct dosages and side effects.{{cite web |url=http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-415-CORYDALIS.aspx?activeIngredientId=415&activeIngredientName=CORYDALIS |title=CORYDALIS |publisher=WebMD |access-date=21 October 2014}}

Many of the species in Corydalis contain other toxins and alkaloids like canadine, which blocks calcium. The species C. caseana is poisonous to livestock.{{cite book |last=Whitney |first=Stephen |title=Western Forests (The Audubon Society Nature Guides) |date=1985 |publisher=Knopf |location=New York |isbn=0-394-73127-1 |page=[https://archive.org/details/westernforests00whit/page/556 556] |url=https://archive.org/details/westernforests00whit/page/556}}

Taxonomy

=Current species=

{{Main|List of Corydalis species|l1=List of Corydalis species}}

There are about 540 species, including:

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Corydalis ambigua.jpg|Corydalis ambigua

Corydalis aurea flowers1.jpg|Golden smoke (Corydalis aurea)

Corydalis buschii - (kiurunkannus), (nunneört), Buschi lõokannus C IMG 7699.JPG|Corydalis buschii

Corydalis bracteata 01.JPG|Corydalis bracteata

Corydaliscaseana.jpg|Corydalis caseana

Corydalis cava a1.jpg|Corydalis cava

Corydalis-cheilanthifolia-habitus.jpg|Ferny corydalis (Corydalis cheilanthifolia)

Corydalis chelidoniifolia-IMG 4187.jpg|Corydalis chelidoniifolia

Corydalis flavula - Yellow Fumewort.jpg|Corydalis flavula

Corydalis flexuosa 'China Blue' 4.JPG|Corydalis flexuosa

Corydalis heterocarpa var japonica 01.jpg|Corydalis heterocarpa

Corydalis integra.jpg|Corydalis integra

Corydalis linstowiana.jpg|Corydalis linstowiana

File:Corydalis nobilis.JPG|Corydalis nobilis

Corydalis ochotensis 4.jpg|Corydalis ochotensis

Corydalis orthoceras 070407a.JPG|Corydalis orthoceras

Corydalis pallida var. tenuis 02.jpg|Corydalis pallida var. tenuis

Corydalis pauciflora (6187015328).jpg|Corydalis pauciflora

Corydalis pauciovulata 4.JPG|Seed pods of Corydalis pauciovulata

File:Corydalis rutifolia 910421.jpg|Corydalis rutifolia

Corydalis scouleri.jpg|Corydalis scouleri

File:Corydalis solida 2 RF.jpg|Corydalis solida

ბუჩქისძირა თეთრი Corydalis vittae weißer Lerchensporn.JPG|Corydalis vittae

Corydalis wilsonii (Papaveracese) plant.jpg|Corydalis wilsonii

=Former species=

Several former Corydalis have been moved to new genera:

; Pseudofumaria

; Capnoides

References

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Category:Medicinal plants

Category:Papaveraceae genera

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