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Dicentra
Western Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Fumariaceae
Genus:	Dicentra Bernh.
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Diclytra Borkh. nom. rej.[1] Dielytra = orthographic variant of Diclytra[1] Possible synonym: Lamprocapnos Endl.[2] Possible synonym: Ehrendorferia Fukuhara & Lidén[2] Possible synonym: Ichtyoselmis Lidén & Fukuhara[2]

Dicentra is a genus of 8 species of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Fumariaceae, native to Asia (one species) and North America. The common name, bleeding heart, is used for many of the species. This name comes from the appearance of the pink flower, which resembles the shape of a heart symbol ♥ with a drop of blood descending. All parts of this plant are poisonous if ingested.

The genus is easily distinguished from other genera with bisymmetric heart-shaped flowers, because the stem lacks leaves and all leaves are in a basal rosette.

Species

• Dicentra canadensis (Goldie) Walp. - Squirrel-corn
• Dicentra cucullaria (L.) Bernh. - Dutchman's-breeches
• Dicentra eximia (Ker-Gawl.) Torr. - Wild Bleedinghearts, Fringed Bleeding Heart
• Dicentra formosa (Haw.) Walp. - Western or Pacific Bleeding Heart
  • Dicentra formosa subsp. formosa
  • Dicentra formosa subsp. oregana
• Dicentra lachenaliaeflora Ledeb. = * Dicentra peregrina
• Dicentra nevadensis Eastw. - Sierran Bleedinghearts
• Dicentra oregana Eastw. = Dicentra formosa subsp. oregana
• Dicentra pauciflora S. Wats. - Short-horn Steer's-head
• Dicentra peregrina (Rudolphi) Makino
• Dicentra pusilla Siebold & Zucc. = * Dicentra peregrina
• Dicentra uniflora Kellogg - Long-horn Steer's-head

White Lamprocapnos spectabilis

The following 4 genera have previously occasionally been included in "Dicentra"

Dactylicapnos Wall. (herbaceous climbers with yellow flowers, Himalaya to SW China) with 13 species

• Dactylicapnos burmanica (K.R.Stern) Lidén
• Dactylicapnos grandifoliolata Merrill
• Dactylicapnos lichiangensis (Fedde) Hand.-Mazz.
• Dactylicapnos macrocapnos (Prain) Hutchinson
• Dicentra paucinervia K.R.Stern = Dac. grandifoliolata
• Dactylicapnos roylei (Hook.f. & Th.) Hutchinson
• Dactylicapnos scandens (D.Don) Hutchinson.
• Dactylicapnos schneideri (Fedde) Lidén
• Dactylicapnos thalictrifolia Wallich
• Dactylicapnos torulosa (Hook.f. & Th.) Hutchinson
• Dactylicapnos ventii (Khanh) Lidén
• Dicentra wolfdietheri Fedde= Dac. torulosa

Lamprocapnos Endlicher (leafy herb with large pink flowers in horisontal racemes, NE China, Korea) with a single species

• Lamprocapnos spectabilis (L.) Fukuhara. = Dicentra spectabilis - Bleeding Heart, an extremely popular garden plant

Ehrendorferia Lidén (erect robust leafy herbs with yellow or cream erect flowers, Western N America) with 2 species

• Ehrendorferia ochroleuca (Engelm.) Lidén
• Ehrendorferia chrysantha (Hook. & Arn.) Lidén. - Golden Ear-drops

Ichthyoselmis Lidén (Large leafy herb with serrate leaflets and large drooping cream flowers, China, Burma) with a single species

• Ichthyoselmis macrantha (Oliver) Lidén

Gallery

Dicentra spectabilis	Dicentra spectabilis 'Alba'	Dicentra peregrina	Dicentra spectabilis
Dicentra cucullaria

References

1. ^ ^{a b} International Plant Names Index [1]
2. ^ ^{a b c} GRIN taxonomy [2]

External links

• List of dicentra species
• Bleeding Hearts in the Garden
• Dicentra peregrina (Rudolphi) Makino Images

From Wikispecies

Dicentra peregrina

Taxonavigation

Classification System: APG II (down to family level)

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiospermae
Cladus: Eudicots
Ordo: Unassigned Eudicots
Ordo: Ranunculales
Familia: Papaveraceae
Subfamilia: Fumarioideae
Tribus: Fumarieae
Genus: Dicentra
Species: D. canadensis - D. cucullaria - D. eximia - D. formosa - D. nevadensis - D. pauciflora - D. peregrina - D. uniflora

Name

Dicentra Bernh., Linnaea 8: 457, 468. 1833, nom. cons.

Type species: D. cucullaria (L.) Bernh.

Synonyms

Homotypic

• Diclytra Borkh., Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 1(2): 46. 1797, nom. rej.
• Dielytra Cham. & Schltdl., Linnaea 1: 556. 1826, orth. var.
• Cucularia Raf., Med. Repos. 5: 352. 1808.

Heterotypic

• Bicucullata Juss. ex Borckh., Arch. Bot. Leipzig (Roemer) 1: 46. 1797.
• Bikukulla Adans., Fam. Pl. (Adanson) 2: 23. 1763.
• Capnorchis Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4. 1754, nom. rej.
• Corniveum Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 175. 1914.
• Diclytra Borkh., Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 1(2): 46. 1797, nom. rej.

References

• Farr, E. R. & Zijlstra, G. eds. (1996-) Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). 2009 Nov 11 [1].

Vernacular names