Descurainia

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: Descurainieae
Genus: Descurainia
Species: D. adenophora – D. antarctica – D. artemisioides – D. athrocarpa – D. bourgaeana – D. brevisiliqua – D. californica – D. canoensis – D. cleefii – D. depressa – D. erodiifolia – D. gilva – D. gonzalezii – D. hartwegiana – D. impatiens – D. incana – D. incisa – D. kenheilii – D. kochii – D. lemsii – D. longipedicellata – D. millefolia – D. myriophylla – D. nelsonii – D. nuttallii – D. obtusa – D. paradisa – D. pimpinellifolia – D. pinnata – D. preauxiana – D. sophia – D. sophioides – D. streptocarpa – D. stricta – D. tanacetifolia – D. torulosa – D. virletii

Source(s) of checklist:
Koch, M.A. et al. 2019. Descurainia in BrassiBase Tools and biological resources to study characters and traits in the Brassicaceae. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 31.

Name

Descurainia Webb ex Berth. Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries (Phytogr.). 3(2, 1): 72. (1836) nom. cons.

Type species: Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(2[4]): 192. (1891)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Sophia Adans. Fam. Pl. 2: 417. (1763) nom. rej.
- Hugueninia Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 691. (1832) nom. rej.

References

Webb, P.B. 1836. Histoire Naturelle des Iles Canaries, ...Tome troisieme [Botanique] pt. 2. Phytographia Canariensis. Paris 3(2, 1): 72.
Al-Shehbaz, I.A. 2012. A synopsis of the South American Descurainia and description of the Colombian new species D. cleefii (Brassicaceae). Harvard Papers in Botany 17(2): 221–229. DOI: 10.3100/025.017.0202
Goodson, B.E., Santos-Guerra, A. & Jansen, R.K. 2006. Molecular systematics of Descurainia (Brassicaceae) in the Canary Islands: biogeographic and taxonomic implications. Taxon 55: 671–682. Full text from ResearchGate
Goodson, B.E. & Al-Shehbaz, I.A. 2007. Two new combinations in North American Descurainia (Brassicaceae). Harvard Papers in Botany 12(2): 421–423. DOI: 10.3100/1043-4534(2007)12[421:TNCINA]2.0.CO;2
Goodson, B.E., Rehman, S.K. & Jansen, R.K. 2011. Molecular systematics and biogeography of Descurainia (Brassicaceae) based on nuclear ITS and non-coding chloroplast DNA. Systematic Botany 36(4): 957–980. Full text PDF from ResearchGate
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Descurainia. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 5 2017.
Koch, M.A. et al. 2017. Descurainia in BrassiBase Tools and biological resources to study characters and traits in the Brassicaceae. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Jan. 5.
Tropicos.org 2017. Descurainia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 5 Jan. 2017.
Vural, C. 2009. A new combination in Descurainia (Brassicaceae) from Turkey. Annales Botanici Fennici 46(1): 65–66). Full text PDF

Vernacular names

башҡортса: Нигеҙут
čeština: úhorník
dansk: Vejsennep
Deutsch: Besenrauken
English: Tansymustards
suomi: Litutillit
hornjoserbsce: Rukej
lietuvių: Poklius
polski: Stulicha
русский: Дескурайния, Кружевница
slovenčina: úhorník
svenska: Stillfrösläktet
中文: 播娘蒿属

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