Sarcocapnos
| Sarcocapnos | |
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| Sarcocapnos enneaphylla | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | 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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