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  Probert Encyclopaedia: Nature (Fr-Fz)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
The nest is built on rocky sea islands or coastal cliffs and one or sometimes two eggs are laid which are incubated by both parents taking turns for the fifty-two day incubation cycle The young leave the nest able to fly after about fifty days and reach maturity at seven years.
Fumariaceae is a small family of exogenous plants closely allied to Papaveraceae.
The species are slender-stemmed, herbaceous plants, generally erect, though some climb by means of their twisting leaf-stalks.
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 FUMARIACEAE Linnaeus - Fumitory Family
The genera of Fumariaceae are distributed mostly in the Old World and primarily in temperate Eurasia.
However, although a few taxa are morphologically intermediate, the members of Fumariaceae generally are quite distinct from those of Papaveraceae in several respects, including floral symmetry, sap character, and stamen number and fusion.
A morphological study of the Fumariaceae and the taxonomic significance of the characters examined.
www.isrl.uiuc.edu /~pheidorn/kmreiss/textproc/data/Family/link_f_FUMARIACEAE.html   (328 words)

  
 Fumariaceae --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
The plant is native throughout eastern and midwestern North America, usually in open woodlands.
The several plant species known as bleeding heart are members of Dicentra, a genus of herbaceous flowering plants of the fumitory family (Fumariaceae).
The Japanese D. spectabilis is popular for its small rosy-red and white, heart-shaped flowers dangling from arching stems about 2 feet (0.6 meter) tall.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9035645?tocId=9035645   (369 words)

  
 Fumariaceae
The difference is that the Fumariaceae types have irregular flowers and the acrid watery juice of the stems In our area we find Corydalis and Dicentra, the latter including popular species like bleeding heart (D.
My study of the Fumariaceae is found in: Hill, L. Michael.
A floristic and chromosomal study of the Fumariaceae in Virginia.
www.bridgewater.edu /~lhill/fumariaceae.htm   (274 words)

  
 Fumar.html
The Fumitory's family name, Fumariaceae, is derived from the name of a common European plant Fumaria officianalis, a plant that grows in the United States only as a garden escape.
Members of the genus are known as "fumitorys," a term that seems to have been derived from the latin terms fumus = smoke + terrae = of the earth, possibly because the European plant has a wispy, amorphous growth pattern.
As with other Fumariaceae the flowers are unusual: An upper petal forms a spur and hood.
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 Jonathan Treasure   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
Many European and some American systematists locate the Fumariaciae as a subfamily of the Papaveraceae but they are quite distinct from the Papaveraceae in floral symmetry, stamen fusion and number, and sap character.
There are 19 genera and 450 species within the Fumariaceae, but principal Old World taxa are Corydalis and the Fumaria.
Over thirty five alkaloids have been isolated from the Fumariaceae, and they are present in most species.
www.herbological.com /dicentra.html   (797 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
Fumitory (Fumaria officinalis L.) is a member of Fumariaceae, a family of annual and perennial herbs, whose best-known genera, in addition to Fumaria, are Corydalis and Dicentra (bleeding heart and Dutchman's breeches).
Fumariaceae is mainly a temperate family that embraces 16 genera and 400 species.
Economically, its use is limited to garden ornamentals (Heywood 1993).
www.wssa.net /photo&info/larrymitich_info/fumitory.html   (1331 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
Fumariaceae: Utah taxa from the Utah Atlas (Utah State University - Geography)
Fumariaceae: Florida taxa from the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Fumariaceae: Information/Images from the University of Hawaii - Manoa)
www.csdl.tamu.edu /FLORA/cgi/gateway_family?fam=Fumariaceae   (121 words)

  
 Search Results for fumitory - Encyclopædia Britannica
(species Dicentra cucullaria), plant of the fumitory family (Fumariaceae) named for its sprays of tremulous, yellow-tipped white flowers that fancifully resemble the wide-legged, traditional...
The old garden favourite is the Japanese D. spectabilis, widespread for its small...
Plant (Dicentra cucullaria) of the fumitory family (Fumariaceae)...
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 Papaveraceae
Poppy seeds are obtained from the opium poppy, but they do not contain opium.
The majority of North American floras treat the Fumarioideae as a distinct family, Fumariaceae, distinguished by having bilaterally symmetric flowers and stamens in two groups of three that are united by their anthers over the stigmas.
It has, however, long* been recognized, that the genera involved were closely related to the Papaveraceae.
herbarium.usu.edu /taxa/papaveraceae.htm   (318 words)

  
 PBIO 450 Lecture Notes - Magnoliidae -- Spring 1999
As now defined by most current workers (Takhtajan 1997 an exception) the Papaveraceae is circumscribed to included both the Hypecoaceae and the Fumariaceae, with the Pteridiophyllaceae retained at the family level (see Wu et al.
While Hypecoaceae is generally considered a synonym of Fumariaceae, Pteridophyllaceae is accepted even when Fumariaceae itself is placed in Papaveraceae (e.g., Reveal, Takhtajan & Thorne).
Only a few members of Fumariaceae are medicinal.
www.life.umd.edu /emeritus/reveal/pbio/pb450/magn6.html   (492 words)

  
 Fumariaceae Terms and Definitions at www.MedicalGlossary.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
The fumitory, or bleeding-heart plant family of the order Papaverales, subclass Magnoliidae, class Magnoliopsida.
Corydalis - A plant genus of the family FUMARIACEAE (classified by some in PAPAVERACEAE) that contains isoquinoline alkaloids.
Fumaria - A plant genus of the family FUMARIACEAE that contains fumariline and other isoquinoline alkaloids.
www.medicalglossary.org /angiosperms_fumariaceae_definitions.html   (212 words)

  
 Fumaria officinalis L. ( Fumaria )
Scientific noun: Fumaria officinalis L. Family :Fumitory family - Fumariaceae.
Habitat: In cultivated and bare places of calcareous soils.
Characteristics: Annual herb of the Fumitory family - fumariaceae- up to 60 cm.
www.botanical-online.com /medicinalsfumariaofficinalisangles.htm   (424 words)

  
 Dicentra spectabilis
The deep-pink blossoms hang profusely under arching stems.
Bleeding Hearts make up the genus Dicentra of the family Fumariaceae.
The entire plant is toxic and can cause contact dermatitis.
www.virginiagarden.com /dicentra.html   (83 words)

  
 Fumariaceae Magnoliopsida Magnoliophyta Plantae Flora and Fauna Biology Science
Fumariaceae Magnoliopsida Magnoliophyta Plantae Flora and Fauna Biology Science
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Corydalis aurea (golden corydalis) Fumariaceae (2+2z 2 6 1) 067 --
Corydalis flavula (short-spurred corydalis) Fumariaceae (2+2z 2 6 1) 067 --
Corydalis sempervirens (tall corydalis) Fumariaceae (2+2z 2 6 1) 067 -- pink and yellow fls Corylus americana (American hazel-nut) Betulaceae 082 -- twigs hairy (glandular); lvs paler and + or - pubscnt beneath
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 Plant Profile for Fumaria vaillantii (earthsmoke)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
See county distributions for the following states by clicking on them below or on the map.
View 8 genera in Fumariaceae, 5 species in Fumaria
Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.
plants.usda.gov /cgi_bin/plant_profile.cgi?symbol=FUVA   (286 words)

  
 Plants with Benzyliosquinoline Alkaloids   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
Dicentra cucullaria, Dutchman's breeches, Fumariaceae, plant with flower.
Dicentra canadensis, squirrel corn, Fumariaceae, plant with flower.
Ruta graveolens, Rutaceae, plant in flower and fruit.
www.life.uiuc.edu /plantbio/363/biqalkslides.html   (144 words)

  
 Definition of fumariaceae - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
fumariaceae is one of more than 1,000,000 entries available at Merriam-WebsterUnabridged.com.
For More Information on "fumariaceae" go to Britannica.com
Get the Top 10 Search Results for "fumariaceae"
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 family Fumariaceae - Definition of family Fumariaceae by Webster's Online Dictionary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
family Fumariaceae - Definition of family Fumariaceae by Webster's Online Dictionary
family Fumariaceae - erect or climbing herbs of the northern hemisphere and southern Africa: bleeding heart; Dutchman's breeches; fumitory; squirrel corn
Adlumia, Dicentra, dilleniid dicot family, Fumaria, Fumariaceae, fumitory family, genus Adlumia, genus Dicentra, genus Fumaria, order Papaverales, order Rhoeadales, Papaverales, Rhoeadales
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 spring fumewort, Corydalis solida (Papaverales: Fumariaceae) @ Forestry Images
spring fumewort, Corydalis solida (Papaverales: Fumariaceae) @ Forestry Images
Magnoliopsida > Papaverales > Fumariaceae > Corydalis solida (L.) Clairv.
Forestry Images is a joint project of The Bugwood Network and USDA Forest Service.
www.forestryimages.org /browse/subimages.cfm?SUB=11694   (78 words)

  
 Blinkingly Electroluminescence Skelderdrake Jert Antivitamin Gambusia College Triacontaeterid Fumariaceae Koyan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
Blinkingly Electroluminescence Skelderdrake Jert Antivitamin Gambusia College Triacontaeterid Fumariaceae Koyan
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 Notes on Western Range Forbs: Equisetaceae Through Fumariaceae - DAYTON,W.A.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
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