Selenia (Brassicaceae)

Selenia aurea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Brassicales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Brassicales

Familia: Brassicaceae
Subfamilia: Brassicoideae
Tribus: Cardamineae
Genus: Selenia
Species: S. aurea – S. dissecta – S. grandis – S. jonesii – S. mexicana

Name

Selenia Nutt. J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 5(1): 132, pl. 6. (1825), nom. cons.

• Type species: Selenia aurea Nutt. J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 5(1): 132–134, pl. 6. (1825)
  

Note: S. dissecta and S. mexicana may be conspecific, particularly as they form natural hybrids (Beck, 2009 & Warwick et al, 2006).

References

Primary references

• Nuttall, T. 1825. Description of two new genera of the natural order Cruciferae. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 5(1): 132–135. BHL Reference page. 
• Beck, J.B. 2009. The phylogeny of Selenia (Brassicaceae) inferred from chloroplast and nuclear sequence data. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 3(1): 169–176. JSTOR Full text BHL.

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Selenia. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 27 2016.
• Tropicos.org 2016. Selenia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Dec. 2016.
• Warwick, S.I., Francis, A. & Al-Shehbaz, I.A. 2006. Brassicaceae: species checklist and database on CD-Rom. Plant Systematics and Evolution 259(2–4): 249–258. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-006-0422-0 ResearchGate Reference page. 

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