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Alyssum
C. Linnaeus, 1753
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Natura - nature
..Mundus - physical world
....Naturalia - natural bodies
......Biota
........Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes
..........Bikonta
............photokaryotes
..............Kingdom Plantae - plants
................Viridiplantae - green plants
..................Streptophyta
....................Embryophyta
......................polysporangiophytes
........................Phylum Tracheophyta - vascular plants
..........................Subphylum Euphyllophytina
............................Infraphylum Radiatopses
..............................lignophytes
................................Class Spermatopsida
..................................core seed plants
....................................Subclass Magnoliidae - angiosperms
......................................core angiosperms
........................................eudicots
..........................................core eudicots
............................................Superorder Rosanae
..............................................malvids
................................................Order Brassicales
..................................................Family Cruciferae
....................................................Tribe Alysseae
......................................................Genus Alyssoides
......................................................Genus Asperuginoides
......................................................Genus Aurinia
......................................................Genus Berteroa
......................................................Genus Bornmuellera
......................................................Genus Clypeola
......................................................Genus Didymophysa
......................................................Genus Farsetia
......................................................Genus Fibigia
......................................................Genus Lobularia
......................................................Genus Physoptychis
......................................................Genus Alyssum
........................................................Species Alyssum alpestre
........................................................Species Alyssum alyssoides - pale alyssum
........................................................Species Alyssum corsicum
........................................................Species Alyssum fallacinum
........................................................Species Alyssum follosum
........................................................Species Alyssum fragillimum
........................................................Species Alyssum ideaeum
........................................................Species Alyssum lassithicum
........................................................Species Alyssum loiseleurii
........................................................Species Alyssum minus - alyssum
........................................................Species Alyssum minutum
........................................................Species Alyssum moellendorfianum
........................................................Species Alyssum montanum - mountain madwort
........................................................Species Alyssum murale - yellowtuft
........................................................Species Alyssum repens
........................................................Species Alyssum saxatile
........................................................Species Alyssum sphacioticum
........................................................Species Alyssum spinosum
........................................................Species Alyssum strigosum
........................................................Species Alyssum turkestanicum
........................................................Species Alyssum umbellatum
........................................................(Species Alyssum calycinum)
........................................................(Species Alyssum maritimum)
Authorship
Original name
Linnaeus, C. 1753b.
Sp. pl.
.
: 650
Original rank
Original spelling
Types
Type of
Alysseae
(Tribe)
DC. (1821)
Type, by subsequent designation
Alyssum montanum
Linnaeus
[
Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. 1913. Ill. Fl. N. U.S. ed. 2. 2 : 154. [7 Jun 1913]
]
Variants
Not validly published name
Alyssum
(Genus)
nom. inval.
Synonyms
Including
Meniocus
(Genus)
Desvaux, 1814[1815]
Including
Takhtajaniella
(Genus)
V.E. Avetisian, in S.G. Zhilin, 1980
Taxonomic positions
Original position
Siliculosa
(Order)
C. Linnaeus, 1753, nom. inval.
Subsequent position
Alysseae
(Tribe)
DC. (1821)
Subsequent position
Hesperideae
(Tribe)
Prantl (1891)
Vernacular Names
Dutch
:
schildzaad
Number of Subtaxa
2013
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
21s;3ss
2010
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden
: 10 Aug 2011
199s
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Last updated: 7 Apr 2012