Sarcocapnos

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.

Sarcocapnos
Sarcocapnos enneaphylla
Scientific 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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Species

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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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