taxonomy for Corydalis lutea etc was: Corydalis sempervirens (Pale Corydalis)
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- Subject: taxonomy for Corydalis lutea etc was: Corydalis sempervirens (Pale Corydalis)
- From: M* T*
- Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 01:56:19 -0500
Gail,
Corydalis is a valid genus name. C. lutea is a synonym for
Pseudofumari lutea, which means that P. lutea is the preferred
nomenclature for this one species. Following is what I found to back
this up:
International Association for Plant Taxonomy - Names in current use
database lists:
Entry for Corydalis DC.
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•Citation: Corydalis DC. in Lamarck & Candolle, Fl. Franç., ed. 3, 4:
637 •Date: 17 Sep 1805 •Nomenclatural detail: nom. cons. against
Capnoides, Cysticapnos, and Pseudofumaria. •Type: C. bulbosa (L.) DC.
(Fumaria bulbosa L., nom. rej. des.) •Group: DICOTYLEDONES:
PAPAVERACEAE
(the above means that Corydalis is a valid genus name)
ARS GRIN database of species in Corydalis refers to C. lutea as a
synonym for P. lutea and gives this as the data for same;
Taxon: Corydalis lutea (L.) DC.
Synonym of Pseudofumaria lutea (L.) Borkh.
Genus: Corydalis
Family: Papaveraceae. Also placed in: Fumariaceae
Nomen number: 11629.
Place of publication: Lam. & DC., Fl. franç. 4:638. 1805.
Name verified on: 19-Apr-1996 by Systematic Botany Laboratory. Last
updated: 10-Aug-1999.
Taxon: Pseudofumaria lutea (L.) Borkh.
Genus: Pseudofumaria
Family: Papaveraceae. Also placed in: Fumariaceae
Nomen number: 405102.
Place of publication: Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 1:45. 1797.
Name verified on: 19-Apr-1996 by Systematic Botany Laboratory. Last
updated: 26-Aug-1996.
Synonyms:
•Capnoides luteum (L.) Gaertn.
•Corydalis lutea (L.) DC.
•Fumaria lutea L.
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> From: Gail Korn <gkorn@BLOOMNET.COM>
> Date: Monday, January 31, 2000 7:02 PM
(snip)
> it go to town. By the way, last fall, someone posted that the name
of this
> plant has been changed to Pseudofumaria lutea. Are all Corydalis
now
> Pseudofumaria? Cindy, your Corydalis semperivirens sounds nice.
Pink and
(snip)
