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25. Corydalis sect. Mucroniferae Fedde ex Lidén, Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 18: 524. 1989.
尖突黄堇组 jian tu huang jin zu
Herbs, perennial, very small, pulvinate, taprooted. Petiole ribbonlike; blade pinnate or biternate to triternate. Leaves and bracts usually pale in lower 1/2, green distally. Racemes corymbose, mostly shorter than leaves; bracts large trifid or flabellately divided, margin often with hairs or lobes aristate. Pedicel erect, at fruiting apically hooked. Flowers yellow or whitish; inner petals with yellow dorsal wings. Stigma conspicuously oblique, with stalked papillae. Fruit with few seeds and slender long styles, usually buried in bracts.
Seven species: Kashmir and Nepal to W China; five species (four endemic) in China.
Corydalis megacalyx Ludlow & Stearn (Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 5: 58. 1975), described from Nepal, is close to the Chinese border but currently is not known from China.
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Bract segments aristate-mucronate |
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Bract and leaf segments not or shortly mucronate, sometimes ciliate |
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Crest narrow, not reaching apex; stigma with 4 apical papillae. |
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136 C. mucronifera |
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Crest broad, reaching apex; stigma with 6 apical papillae. |
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137 C. chrysosphaera |
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Ultimate lobes linear to oblanceolate |
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Ultimate lobes rounded, obtuse |
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Flowers 14-17 mm; plant without horizontal runners. ..... C. megacalyx (see note above) |
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Flowers 9-12 mm; plant with prominent horizontal runners. |
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135 C. pygmaea |
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Upper petal 8-9 mm; stigma with 4 papillae; leaves ternatisect to ternate with entire median lobe. |
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138 C. spathulata |
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Upper petal 9-15 mm; stigma with 8 papillae; leaves 2-3 × ternate with crowded lobes; lower petal usually with ciliate claw. |
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139 C. inopinata |
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