Smelowskia

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Smelowskia
File:Smelowskia calycina.jpg
Smelowskia calycina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Smelowskia
C.A.Mey.[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms[2]
  • Sophiopsis Sinosophiopsis
  • Gorodkovia Chrysanthemopsis
  • Rech.f. Cham., Linnaea
  • Botsch. & Karav. O.E.Schulz
  • Hediniopsis Ermania
  • Botsch. & V.V.Petrovsky Al-Shehbaz
  • Ermania Cham. ex Botsch.,
  • Cham. & Schltdl.</sma Redowskia

Smelowskia, sometimes called false candytufts, is a genus of flowering plants in the crucifer family Brassicaceae,[3] native to mountains and arctic regions of Asia and western North America. They may or may not be of Beringian origin.[4]

Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

File:Smelowskia borealis (7833278170).jpg
Smelowskia borealis on the slopes of Denali

References

  1. C.F.von Ledebour, Fl. Altaic. 3: 165 (1831)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Smelowskia C.A.Mey. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  3. Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A.; Warwick, Suzanne I. (July 2006). "A Synopsis of Smelowskia (Brassicaceae)". Harvard Papers in Botany. 11 (1): 91–99. doi:10.3100/1043-4534(2006)11[91:ASOSB]2.0.CO;2.
  4. Carlsen, Tor; Elven, Reidar; Brochmann, Christian (2010). "The evolutionary history of Beringian Smelowskia (Brassicaceae) inferred from combined microsatellite and DNA sequence data". Taxon. 59 (2): 427–438. doi:10.1002/tax.592008.