Biology:Zilla spinosa
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Zilla Forssk. |
| Species: | Z. spinosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Zilla spinosa (L.) Prantl
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Zilla is a genus of plants in the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Zilla spinosa, that grows in the Sahara-Arabian deserts of northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.[1]
Description
Their flowers are light violet.
Subspecies
Four subspecies are accepted.[1]
- Zilla spinosa subsp. biparmata (O.E.Schulz) Maire & Weiller
- Zilla spinosa subsp. costata Maire & Weiller
- Zilla spinosa subsp. macroptera (Coss.) Maire & Weiller
- Zilla spinosa subsp. spinosa
Formerly placed here
- Physorhynchus chamaerapistrum (as Zilla chamaerapistrum Boiss. and Zilla schouwioides Boiss.)[2]
References
Wikidata ☰ Q3076543 entry
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