Papaveraceae
Corydalis

Corydalis nana Royle

First published in Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 68 (1834)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & Central Himalaya to S. Tibet. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subalpine or subarctic biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Pusalkar, P.K. (2011 publ. 2012). The Corydalis nana complex (Fumariaceae sect. Latiflorae) in Western Himalaya. Kew Bulletin 66: 545-555. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2008). Flora of China 7: 1-499. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Kew Bulletin

  • (1834: 68); Ellis & Balakrishnan (1993: 67); C. ramosa Hook. f. & Thomson var. nana (Royle) Hook. f. & Thomson (Hooker & Thomson 1855: 267, 1872: 125).
  • Ellis, J. L. & Balakrishnan, N. P. (1993). Corydalis DC. In: B. D. Sharma & N. P. Balakrishnan (eds), Flora of India 2 (Brassicaceae-Caryophyllaceae): 35 – 77. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Greuter, W., Brummitt, R. K., Farr, E., Kilian, N., Kirk, P. M. & Silva, P. C. (1993). NCU-3 : Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera. Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein.
  • Hooker, J. D. & Thomson, T. (1855). Fumariaceae. Flora Indica 1 (Ranunculaceae-Fumariaceae): 258 – 272. W. Pamplin, London.
  • Hooker, J. D. & Thomson, T. (1872). Corydalis DC. In: J. D. Hooker, Flora of British India 1: 121 – 127. L. Reeve & Co., London.
  • Jafri, S. M. H. (1974). Corydalis DC. In: E. Nasir & S. I. Ali (eds), Flora of West Pakistan, 73: 1 – 38. PARC, Islamabad.
  • Lidén, M. (1989). Corydalis DC. (Papaveraceae-Fumarioideae) in Nepal. Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 18: 479 – 538.
  • Long, D. G. (1984). Corydalis Ventenat. In: A. J. C. Grierson & D. G. Long (eds), Flora of Bhutan 1 (2): 384 – 400. Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • McNeill, J., Barrie, F. R., Burdet, H. M., Demoulin, V., Hawksworth, D. L., Marhold, K., Nicholson, D. H., Prado, J., Silva, P. C., Skog, J. E., Wiersema, J. H. & Turland, N. J. (eds) (2006). International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (Vienna Code). Regnum Veg. 146. A.R.G. Gantner Verlag KG, Ruggell, Liechtenstein.
  • Polunin, O. & Stainton, A. (1984). Flowers of the Himalaya. Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
  • Popov, M. G. (1937). Corydalis Medik. In: V. L. Komarov & B. K. Shishkin (eds), Flora of the USSR, Vol. VII (Ranales & Rhoedales): 649 – 705. Moscow, Leningrad. [English Translation (1985) by Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh publ., Dehradun & Koeltz Scientific Books, vol. 7: 496 – 541].
  • Prain, D. (1896). NoviciaeIndicaeX : Some Additional Fumariaceae. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Part 2, Nat. Hist. 65: 10 – 41.
  • Press, J. R., Shrestha, K. K. & Sutton, D. A. (2000). Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal, pp. 228 – 231. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Royle, J. F. (1834). Illustrations of the Botany and other branches of the Natural History of the Himalayan Mountains and of the Flora of Cashmere. London.
  • Srivastava, R. C. (1998). Flora of Sikkim (Ranunculaceae to Moringaceae). Orientale Enterprises, Dehradun.
  • Stainton, A. (1988). Flowers of the Himalaya — A Supplement. Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
  • Wendelbo, P. (1974). Corydalis . In: K. H. Rechinger (ed.), Flora Des IranischenHochlandes Und der UmrahmendenGebirge, 110: 1 – 32. AkademischeDruck-u. Verlagsantalt, Graz.
  • Zhang, M. L., Su, Z. Y. & Lidén, M. (2008). Corydalis DC. In: Z. Y. Wu, P. H. Raven & D. Y. Hong (eds), Flora of China 7 (Menispermaceae through Capparaceae): 295 – 428. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Pusalkar, P.K. (2011 publ. 2012). The Corydalis nana complex (Fumariaceae sect. Latiflorae) in Western Himalaya. Kew Bulletin 66: 545-555. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2008). Flora of China 7: 1-499. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 17, 1920 Strachey, R.; Winterbottom, J.E. [17] India K000653623 Type Yes
s.coll. [127] India K000653626 Type Yes
Jacquemont, V. [729] India K000653625 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [227] K000653624 Unknown Type Material Yes

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