Corydalis

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Corydalis

Corydalis ochroleuca

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Plantae

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order: Ranunculales

Family: Fumariaceae

Genus: Corydalis

Species

Corydalis afghanica Corydalis aitchisonii Corydalis alpestris Corydalis ambigua Corydalis angustifolia Corydalis aqua-gelidae Corydalis arctica Corydalis aurea Corydalis batesii Corydalis bracteata Corydalis buschii Corydalis caseana Corydalis caseana ssp. brandegei Corydalis cashmeriana Corydalis cava (C. bulbosa) Corydalis chaerophylla Corydalis cheilanthifolia Corydalis chionophylla Corydalis clavibracteata Corydalis claviculata Corydalis conorhiza Corydalis cornuta Corydalis darwasica Corydalis diphylla Corydalis elata Corydalis emmanuelii Corydalis flavula Corydalis flexuosa Corydalis gigantea Corydalis glaucescens Corydalis gortschakovii Corydalis integra Corydalis intermedia Corydalis kushiroensis Corydalis latiflora Corydalis lineariloba Corydalis lutea Corydalis lydica Corydalis macrocentra Corydalis marschalliana Corydalis nariniana Corydalis nobilis Corydalis ochotensis Corydalis ochroleuca Corydalis ophiocarpa Corydalis oppositifolia Corydalis pallida Corydalis parnassica Corydalis persica Corydalis pinnatibracteata Corydalis popovii Corydalis pumila Corydalis rosea Corydalis rupestris Corydalis rutifolia Corydalis saxicola Corydalis scouleri - Scouler's corydalis Corydalis seisumsiana Corydalis semenovii Corydalis sempervirens Corydalis shanginii Corydalis sibirica Corydalis solida Corydalis stenantha Corydalis tomentella Corydalis trilobipetala Corydalis turtschaninovii - Chinese herb Yan Hu So Corydalis vaginans Corydalis verticillaris Corydalis vesicaria Corydalis wendelboi Corydalis wilsonii Corydalis yanhusuo - Chinese herb Yan Hu So Corydalis zeaensis

Corydalis ambigua, yÃ¡n hÃº suÇ’ (å»¶èƒ¡ç´¢) one of the 50 fundamental herbs of Chinese medicine

Corydalis is a genus of about 300 species of annual and perennial herbaceous flowering plants in the family Fumariaceae, native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere and also southern Africa. Common names include corydalis and fumewort.

It is closely related to Fumaria, and some botanists include it in that genus.

Corydalis species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Silver-ground Carpet and Mnemosyne butterfly.

Corydalis contains the alkaloid bulbocapnine, which is occasionally used in medicine.