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Corydalis 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 species are the only dicots having only a single cotyledon.
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Photographs: (c) Wang.QG, some rights reserved (CC BY).
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Other Corydalis 90 in the reference
Corydalis adunca Papaveraceae Photo: CC BY, Wang.QG Corydalis afghanica Papaveraceae Corydalis aitchisonii Papaveraceae
Corydalis ambigua Small corydalis Photo: CC BY, Pavel Smirnov
Corydalis angustifolia Papaveraceae Photo: CC BY, Denis Ibaev
Corydalis aurea Golden corydalis Photo: CC BY, Matt Berger
Corydalis balansae Papaveraceae Photo: CC0, author not stated
Corydalis benecincta Papaveraceae Photo: CC BY, Morten Ross Corydalis blanda Papaveraceae
Corydalis bracteata Large-bracted corydalis Photo: CC BY, Marina E.
Corydalis bungeana Bunge’s corydalis Photo: CC BY, Jane Charlen
Corydalis buschii Busch's corydalis Photo: CC BY, Andrew Bazdyrev all 91 ›Names & registers
Also known as Corydalis ellipticarpa var. taipaica; Corydalis taipaishanica. (GBIF Backbone)
The record
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