Matthiola or
stock, is a
genusIn 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 plantThe 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 named after
Pietro Andrea MattioliPietro Andrea Gregorio Mattioli was a doctor and naturalist born in Siena.He received his MD at the University of Padua in 1523, and subsequently practiced the profession in Siena, Rome, Trento and Gorizia, becoming personal physician of Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria in Prague and Ambras...
.
A cool season annual or perennial. Flowers are singles or doubles in a wide array of colors, very sweet smelling, and often used in bouquets of cut flowers. This genus contains about 140 species, which are often shrubby herbs, chiefly in the Mediterranean region and
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, some in
South AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
; the two most common species in cultivation are
M. incanaMatthiola incana is one of several species of stock. It is known by the common names hoary stock and tenweeks stock. It is a common garden flower, available in a variety of colours.-Main varieties of stocks:...
and
M. longipetalaNight-scented Stock, also known as Evening Stock , is a species of ornamental plant.-Description:...
.
Species
- Matthiola acaulis
- Matthiola adenophora
- Matthiola afghanica
- Matthiola albicaulis
- Matthiola alyssifolia
- Matthiola anchoniifolia
- Matthiola anchusoides
- Matthiola angulosa
- Matthiola annua
- Matthiola anoplia
- Matthiola arabica
- Matthiola arborescens
- Matthiola aspera
- Matthiola australis
- Matthiola bicornis
- Matthiola biennis
- Matthiola boissieri
- Matthiola bolleana
- Matthiola bucharica
- Matthiola caboverdeana
- Matthiola capiomontiana
- Matthiola carnica
- Matthiola caspica
- Matthiola chenopodifolia
- Matthiola chenopodiifolia
- Matthiola chorassanica
- Matthiola circinnata
- Matthiola clausonis
- Matthiola codringtonii
- Matthiola coronopifolia
- Matthiola crassifolia
- Matthiola crucigera
- Matthiola czerniakowskae
- Matthiola daghestanica
- Matthiola damascena
- Matthiola deflexa
- Matthiola dentata
- Matthiola deserticola
- Matthiola dimolehensis
- Matthiola dimorpha
- Matthiola dumulosa
- Matthiola elliptica
- Matthiola erlangeriana
- Matthiola euboea
- Matthiola exigua
- Matthiola farinosa
- Matthiola fasciculata
- Matthiola fenestralis
- Matthiola fischeri
- Matthiola flavida
- Matthiola fragrans
- Matthiola fruticulosa (= Matthiola tristis) - Sad Stock
- Matthiola ghorana
- Matthiola glabra
- Matthiola glabrata
- Matthiola glandulosa
- Matthiola glutinosa
- Matthiola graeca
- Matthiola graminea
- Matthiola hesperoides
- Matthiola humilis
- Matthiola incana
Matthiola incana is one of several species of stock. It is known by the common names hoary stock and tenweeks stock. It is a common garden flower, available in a variety of colours.-Main varieties of stocks:...
- Stock, Hoary Stock
- Matthiola integrifolia
- Matthiola kralikii
- Matthiola lacera
- Matthiola leprosa
- Matthiola linearis
- Matthiola littorea
- Matthiola livida
- Matthiola lonchophora
- Matthiola longipetala
Night-scented Stock, also known as Evening Stock , is a species of ornamental plant.-Description:...
(= Matthiola bicornis) - Night-scented Stock |
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- Matthiola lunata
- Matthiola macranica
- Matthiola macropetala
- Matthiola maderensis
Matthiola maderensis is a flowering plant species in the Brassicaceae family, native and endemic to the Madeira Islands.It is a shrubby herb, up to 100–150 cm in height, with long, lanceolate, silvery-green leaves, and branching racemes of very fragrant flowers.-References:* * * * * Trans....
- Matthiola maroccana
- Matthiola masguindali
- Matthiola montana
- Matthiola myrtodes
- Matthiola nana
- Matthiola nudicaulis
- Matthiola obovata
- Matthiola odoratissima
- Matthiola ovatifolia
- Matthiola oxyceras
- Matthiola oxyceratia
- Matthiola oyensis
- Matthiola parviflora
- Matthiola parvifolia
- Matthiola patens
- Matthiola perennis
- Matthiola perpusilla
- Matthiola persica
- Matthiola phlox
- Matthiola porphyrantha
- Matthiola prostrata
- Matthiola provincialis
- Matthiola pseudoxyceras
- Matthiola pumila
- Matthiola pumilio
- Matthiola puntensis
- Matthiola revoluta
- Matthiola rivae
- Matthiola robusta
- Matthiola rostrata
- Matthiola runcinata
- Matthiola rupestris
- Matthiola sabauda
- Matthiola saxatilis
- Matthiola scapifera
- Matthiola serica
- Matthiola simplicicaulis
- Matthiola sinuata - Sea Stock
- Matthiola smithii
- Matthiola songarica
- Matthiola spathulata
- Matthiola stelligera
- Matthiola stenopetala
- Matthiola stephanos-mariae
- Matthiola stoddarti
- Matthiola stylosa
- Matthiola subglabra
- Matthiola superba
- Matthiola tatarica
- Matthiola taurica
- Matthiola telum
- Matthiola tenella
- Matthiola tenera
- Matthiola thessala
- Matthiola tianschanica
- Matthiola tomentosa
- Matthiola torulosa
- Matthiola tricuspidata - Three-horned Stock
- Matthiola tristis
- Matthiola undulata
- Matthiola valesiaca
- Matthiola vallesiaca
- Matthiola varia
- Matthiola viburnodes
- Matthiola vulgaris
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