A morphometric evaluation of Corydalis caseana and its subspecies with special attention to aquae-gelidae
A recently discovered population of Corydalis at Traverse Creek, aka Saddle blanket Mtn. within the Willamette National Forest occurs in Lane County, south of the known range of cold-water corydalis
A recently discovered population of Corydalis at Traverse Creek, aka Saddle blanket Mtn. within the Willamette National Forest occurs in Lane County, south of the known range of cold-water corydalis and north of the known range of Sierra corydalis. Individuals in this population resemble cold-water corydalis but also appear intermediate between the two species in some characteristics. The goal of this study is to clarify the taxonomy of Corydalis aquae-gelidae, with special emphasis on the Traverse Creek population to determine their taxonomic classification.
Our results indicate that the population of Corydalis at Traverse Creek appears to be most closely related to C. aquae- gelidae. It is somewhat separated from the other populations of C. aquae-gelidae included in these analyses, but all of the populations appear to have some distinguishing features. This suggests only that there may be widespread variability in morphometric traits in this species.
