Aethionema
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Aethionema is a genus
of flowering plant
s, within the family Brassicaceae
, subfamily Brassicoideae. The genus is collectively known as the stonecresses.
Aethionema species are grown as herbaceous perennial
s by gardeners.
Species include:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s, within the family Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae, a medium sized and economically important family of flowering plants , are informally known as the mustards, mustard flowers, the crucifers or the cabbage family....
, subfamily Brassicoideae. The genus is collectively known as the stonecresses.
Aethionema species are grown as herbaceous perennial
Perennial plant
A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives for more than two years. The term is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter lived annuals and biennials. The term is sometimes misused by commercial gardeners or horticulturalists to describe only herbaceous perennials...
s by gardeners.
Species include:
- Aethionema antitaurus
- Aethionema cordifolia: Lebanon stonecress
- Aethionema grandiflorum: Persian stonecress
- Aethionema iberideum
- Aethionema oppositifolium
- Aethionema retsinaAethionema retsinaAethionema retsina is a species of flowering plant in the Brassicaceae family.It is found only in Greece.Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation and rocky shores.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:* Latroú, G. 2006....
- Aethionema saxatileAurinia saxatilisAurinia saxatilis Aurinia saxatilis Aurinia saxatilis (Basket of Gold, Goldentuft alyssum, Golden Alyssum, Gold-dust, Golden-tuft alyssum, Golden-tuft madwort, Rock madwort; syn. Alyssum saxatile L., Alyssum saxatile L. var...
(syn.Synonym (taxonomy)In scientific nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that is or was used for a taxon of organisms that also goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnaeus was the first to give a scientific name to the Norway spruce, which he called Pinus abies...
Aurinia saxatilis) - Aethionema thomasianum