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SPECIES: Corydalis aurea | Golden Corydalis 



ABBREVIATION : 
CORAUR

SYNONYMS : 
   Capnoides aureum (Willd.) Kuntze [13]


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   COAU2


COMMON NAMES : 
   golden corydalis
   golden smoke


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of golden corydalis is Corydalis
aurea Willd. [9,11,20].  The following subspecies are recognized
[12,16,27]:
  
  C. aurea ssp. aurea --racemes generally surpassed by leaves
  C. aurea ssp. occidentalis (Engelm.) Ownbey --racemes generally
     surpassing leaves

Some authors, however, make this distiction at the varietal level [9,11].


LIFE FORM : 
Forb

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
Golden corydalis is classified as threatened in New York.  Its
state rank there is listed as S1 (critically imperiled in New York State
because of extreme rarity or is extremely vulnerable to extirpation from
the New York State due to biological factors [29].


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Robin F. Matthews, September 1993.


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Matthews, Robin F. 1993. Corydalis aurea. In: Remainder of Citation

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