''Sarcocapnos'' (
Greek
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''sárx'' "flesh", ''kapnós'' "smoke") is a genus of at least 6 species of somewhat fleshy, cushion-forming
annual to
perennial
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plants
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, native to cliffs in the
French Pyrenees
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,
Spain
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, and north
Africa
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.
Description
As in the genus ''
Corydalis
''Corydalis'' (from Greek ''korydalÃs'' " crested lark") 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 ...
'' (but unlike ''
Dicentra
''Dicentra'' (Ancient Greek, Greek ''dÃs'' "twice", ''kéntron'' "spur"), known collectively as the bleeding-hearts, is a genus containing eight species of herbaceous plant, herbaceous Flowering plant, flowering perennial plants with unique, "he ...
''), the flowers are
zygomorphic
Floral symmetry describes whether, and how, a flower, in particular its perianth, can be divided into two or more identical or mirror-image parts.
Uncommonly, flowers may have no axis of symmetry at all, typically because their parts are spir ...
, that is, they have
bilateral symmetry
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.
Species
There are at least 6 species:
* ''
Sarcocapnos baetica
''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 ...
''
(Boiss. & Reut.) Nyman
* ''
Sarcocapnos crassifolia''
(Desf.) DC.
* ''
Sarcocapnos enneaphylla''
(L.) DC.
* ''
Sarcocapnos integrifolia''
(Boiss.) Cuatrec.
* ''
Sarcocapnos pulcherrima''
C. Morales & Romero GarcÃa
* ''
Sarcocapnos saetabensis''
Mateo & Figuerola
References
Bleeding Hearts, Corydalis, and Their Relatives. Mark C. Tebbitt, Magnus Lidén, Henrik Zetterlund. 2008. â€
Google Books
External links
Botany Photo of the Day—
University of British Columbia Botanical Garden
Fumarioideae
Papaveraceae genera
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