Arabis
Arabis | |
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Arabis ferdinandi-coburgii | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Brassicales |
Family: | Brassicaceae |
Genus: | Arabis L. |
Species | |
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Arabis /ˈærəbɪs/,[1] or rockcress, is a genus of flowering plants, within the family Brassicaceae.
Description
The species are
Taxonomy
Though traditionally recognized as a large genus with many Old World and New World members, more recent evaluations of the relationships among these species using genetic data suggest there are two major groups within the old genus Arabis. These two groups are not each other's closest relatives, so have been split into two separate genera. Most of the Old World members remain in the genus Arabis, whereas most of the New World members have been moved into the genus Boechera, with only a few remaining in Arabis.[3][4]
Species
- Selected species
- Arabis aculeolata
- Arabis alpina (alpine rockcress)
- Arabis armena (Armenian rockcress)
- Arabis auriculata
- Arabis blepharophylla (coast rockcress)
- Arabis caucasica
- Arabis cypria
- Arabis glabra(tower mustard)
- Arabis hirsuta (hairy rockcress)
- Arabis kazbegi (Kazbegian rockcress)
- Arabis kennedyae
- Arabis lemmonii
- Arabis macdonaldiana
- Arabis procurrens (spreading rock cress)
- Arabis pycnocarpa (slender rock cress)
- Arabis scabra (Bristol rockcress)
- Arabis serotina
Cultivation
Some species, notably Arabis alpina, are cultivated as ornamental plants in gardens. Many others are regarded as weeds.
References
- ^ a b Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
- ^ a b "Arabis caucasica Rock Cress, Wall Rockcress PFAF Plant Database". pfaf.org. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
- JSTOR 3393366.
- ^ Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. (2005). "Nomenclatural Notes on Eurasian Arabis (Brassicaceae)". Novon. 15. Missouri Botanical Garden: 519–524.