{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants in the poppy family}} {{Distinguish|Corydalus}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Corydalis solida - Bois d'Havré (1).jpg | image_caption = ''Corydalis solida'' | display_parents = 3 | taxon = Corydalis | authority = DC. | type_species = ''Corydalis bulbosa''<!-- Corydalis solida is a synonym of Corydalis bulbosa DC. --> | type_species_authority = (L.) DC. }}

'''''Corydalis''''' (from Greek ''korydalís'' "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 eastern Africa. They are most diverse in China and the Himalayas, with at least 357 species in China. ''Corydalis'' species are the only dicots having only a single cotyledon (seed leaf).<ref>{{cite book |editor= V.H. Heywood Ph.D. | date= 1978 |title= Flowering Plants of the World | location= New York | publisher= Mayflower Books | page=53 |isbn= 0-8317-3400-0 }}</ref>

==Ecology== ''Corydalis'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species (butterflies), especially the clouded Apollo.

==Toxicity== ''Corydalis cava'' and some other tuberous species contain the alkaloid bulbocapnine, which is occasionally used in medicine but scientific evidence is lacking in the correct dosages and side effects.<ref name="CORYDALIS">{{cite web |url=http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-415-CORYDALIS.aspx?activeIngredientId=415&activeIngredientName=CORYDALIS |title=CORYDALIS |publisher=WebMD |access-date=21 October 2014}}</ref>

Many of the species in ''Corydalis'' contain other toxins and alkaloids like canadine, which blocks calcium. The species ''C. caseana'' is poisonous to livestock.<ref>{{cite book |last=Whitney |first=Stephen |title=Western Forests (The Audubon Society Nature Guides) |date=1985 |publisher=Knopf |location=New York |isbn=0-394-73127-1 |page=[https://archive.org/details/westernforests00whit/page/556 556] |url=https://archive.org/details/westernforests00whit/page/556}}</ref>

==Taxonomy== ===Current species=== {{Main|List of Corydalis species|l1=List of ''Corydalis'' species}} There are about 540 species, including: <!-- Species are on this list if 1. they have an article or 2. there is a good picture on Wikimedia Commons. --> {{div col|colwidth=18em}} *''Corydalis ambigua'' *''Corydalis aurea'' *''Corydalis buschii'' *''Corydalis bracteata'' *''Corydalis cava'' *''Corydalis caseana'' *''Corydalis cheilanthifolia'' – ferny corydalis *''Corydalis chelidoniifolia'' *''Corydalis darwasica'' *''Corydalis elegans'' *''Corydalis filistipes'' *''Corydalis flavula'' *''Corydalis flexuosa'' *''Corydalis heterocarpa'' *''Corydalis incisa'' *''Corydalis integra'' *''Corydalis linstowiana'' *''Corydalis micrantha'' *''Corydalis nobilis'' *''Corydalis ochotensis'' *''Corydalis omeiana'' *''Corydalis orthoceras'' *''Corydalis palaestina''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:672410-1 |title=Corydalis palaestina (Boiss.) Prantl & Kündig &#124; Plants of the World Online &#124; Kew Science}}</ref> *''Corydalis pallida'' *''Corydalis pauciflora'' *''Corydalis pauciovulata'' *''Corydalis rutifolia'' *''Corydalis saxicola'' *''Corydalis scouleri'' *''Corydalis solida'' – fumewort *''Corydalis vittae'' *''Corydalis wilsonii'' *''Corydalis yanhusuo'' {{div col end}}

<gallery caption="Photos of Corydalis species listed above"> Corydalis ambigua.jpg|''Corydalis ambigua'' Corydalis aurea flowers1.jpg|Golden smoke (''Corydalis aurea'') Corydalis buschii - (kiurunkannus), (nunneört), Buschi lõokannus C IMG 7699.JPG|''Corydalis buschii'' Corydalis bracteata 01.JPG|''Corydalis bracteata'' Corydaliscaseana.jpg|''Corydalis caseana'' Corydalis cava a1.jpg|''Corydalis cava'' Corydalis-cheilanthifolia-habitus.jpg|Ferny corydalis (''Corydalis cheilanthifolia'') Corydalis chelidoniifolia-IMG 4187.jpg|''Corydalis chelidoniifolia'' Corydalis flavula - Yellow Fumewort.jpg|''Corydalis flavula'' Corydalis flexuosa 'China Blue' 4.JPG|''Corydalis flexuosa'' Corydalis heterocarpa var japonica 01.jpg|''Corydalis heterocarpa'' Corydalis integra.jpg|''Corydalis integra'' Corydalis linstowiana.jpg|''Corydalis linstowiana'' File:Corydalis nobilis.JPG|''Corydalis nobilis'' Corydalis ochotensis 4.jpg|''Corydalis ochotensis'' Corydalis orthoceras 070407a.JPG|''Corydalis orthoceras'' Corydalis pallida var. tenuis 02.jpg|''Corydalis pallida'' var. ''tenuis'' Corydalis pauciflora (6187015328).jpg|''Corydalis pauciflora'' Corydalis pauciovulata 4.JPG|Seed pods of ''Corydalis pauciovulata'' File:Corydalis rutifolia 910421.jpg|''Corydalis rutifolia'' Corydalis scouleri.jpg|''Corydalis scouleri'' File:Corydalis solida 2 RF.jpg|''Corydalis solida'' ბუჩქისძირა თეთრი Corydalis vittae weißer Lerchensporn.JPG|''Corydalis vittae'' Corydalis wilsonii (Papaveracese) plant.jpg|''Corydalis wilsonii'' </gallery>

===Former species=== Several former ''Corydalis'' have been moved to new genera: ; ''Pseudofumaria'' *''Corydalis lutea'' = ''Pseudofumaria lutea'' – yellow corydalis *''Corydalis ochroleuca'' = ''Pseudofumaria alba''

; ''Capnoides'' *''Corydalis sempervirens'' = ''Capnoides sempervirens''

==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}}

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