Dicentra

Dicentra
Dicentra cucullaria (type species)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Papaveraceae
Subfamily: Fumarioideae
Tribe: Fumarieae
Subtribe: Corydalinae
Genus: Dicentra
Bernh.
Species

8 (see below)

Synonyms
  • Diclytra Borkh. nom. rej.[1]
  • Dielytra, orthographic variant of Diclytra[1]

Possible synonyms:[2]

Dicentra (Greek dís "twice", kéntron "spur"),[3] known collectively as the bleeding-hearts, is a genus containing eight species of herbaceous flowering perennial plants with unique, "heart"-shaped flowers and finely divided foliage. The species are, primarily, native to North America, although several are found in temperate East Asia.

  1. ^ a b International Plant Names Index
  2. ^ "GRIN taxonomy". Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
  3. ^ δίς, κέντρον. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project