Pseudofumaria
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Pseudofumaria is a genus
of herbaceous
perennial plant
s native to Europe, formerly included in the genus Corydalis
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There are two species:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of herbaceous
Herbaceous plant
A herbaceous plant is a plant that has leaves and stems that die down at the end of the growing season to the soil level. They have no persistent woody stem above ground...
perennial plant
Perennial plant
A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives for more than two years. The term is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter lived annuals and biennials. The term is sometimes misused by commercial gardeners or horticulturalists to describe only herbaceous perennials...
s native to Europe, formerly included in the genus Corydalis
Corydalis
Corydalis is a genus of about 470 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the fumewort family , native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere and the high mountains of tropical eastern Africa...
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There are two species:
- Pseudofumaria alba (Mill.) Lidén (syn.Synonym (taxonomy)In scientific nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that is or was used for a taxon of organisms that also goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnaeus was the first to give a scientific name to the Norway spruce, which he called Pinus abies...
Corydalis ochroleuca)
northwest BalkansBalkansThe Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe... - Pseudofumaria lutea (L.) Borkh (syn. Corydalis lutea)
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