Biology:Berteroa

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants in the crucifer family Brassicaceae

Berteroa
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Berteroa incana
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Berteroa
DC.[1]
Species

See text.

Berteroa, the false madworts, is a genus of flowering plants of the family Brassicaceae, native to temperate Eurasia. Its best known member is the weedy invasive hoary alyssum, Berteroa incana.

Systematics

Species currently considered valid by The Plant List[2] are as follows:

  • Berteroa gintlii Rohlena
  • Berteroa incana (L.) DC.
  • Berteroa mutabilis (Vent.) DC.
  • Berteroa obliqua (Sm.) DC.
  • Berteroa orbiculata DC.

References

  1. Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 7: 232. 1821
  2. "Berteroa". The Plant List. http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Brassicaceae/Berteroa. 

Wikidata ☰ Q159044 entry