Biology:Teesdalia

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Teesdalia
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Teesdalia nudicaulis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Teesdalia
W.T.Aiton[1]

Teesdalia is a genus in the plant family Brassicaceae. They are herbaceous plants native mostly to Europe and to the Mediterranean region.[2][3] Shepherdscress is a common name for these plants.[4]

Species

Only two species are currently accepted by The Plant List,[5] although a few others have "unresolved" status:

  • Teesdalia coronopifolia (J.P.Bergeret) Thell.
  • Teesdalia nudicaulis (L.) W.T.Aiton

References

  1. Aiton, William Townsend. 1812. Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. London (2nd ed.) 4: 83.
  2. Oliver Appel: The status of Teesdaliopsis and Teesdalia. (Brassicaceae) In:.. Novon Volume 8, No. 3, 1998, pp. 218
  3. Ihsan Ali Al-Shehbaz, Suzanne I. Warwick. 2008. Proposal to conserve the name Teesdalia (Cruciferae) In:. Taxon 57(4):1357-1358.
  4. "Teesdalia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=TEESD. Retrieved 8 December 2015. 
  5. The Plant List

Wikidata ☰ Q161309 entry