Biology:Pachymitus
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Short description: Species of plant
| Pachymitus | |
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| Pachymitus cardaminoides at Terrick Terrick National Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Pachymitus O.E.Schulz |
| Species: | P. cardaminoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Pachymitus cardaminoides (F.Muell.) O.E.Schulz[1]
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Pachymitus is a monotypic plant genus in the mustard family Brassicaceae. The sole species is Pachymitus cardaminoides, commonly known as sand cress, which is native to Australia .[2][3] It occurs in the states of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.[2]
Originally collected from near the mouth of the Murray River, the species was originally described as Sisymbrium cardaminoides by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1855,[4] before the genus Pachymitus was erected by Otto Eugen Schulz in 1924.[1]
Pachymitus cardaminoides is a small herbaceous shrub which grows to 30 cm (12 in) in height. It is found in inland New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Pachymitus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Pachymitus. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Genus Pachymitus". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Pachymitus. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
- ↑ Wild Plants of Victoria (database). Viridans Biological Databases & Department of Sustainability and Environment. 2009.
- ↑ "Sisymbrium cardaminoides F.Muell.". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_id=23774. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
- ↑ L. Retter & G. J. Harden. "New South Wales Flora Online: Pachymitus cardaminoides". Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Pachymitus~cardaminoides.
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