Hormathophylla Explained

Hormathophylla is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to the western Mediterranean; Morocco, Algeria, Spain, France and Italy. Perennial shrubs, they are adapted to dry, alkaline soils with high levels of magnesium.^[1]

Species

Currently accepted species include:^[2]

• Hormathophylla cadevalliana (Pau) T.R.Dudley
• Hormathophylla cochleata (Coss. & Durieu) P.Küpfer
• Hormathophylla halimifolia (Boiss.) P.Küpfer
• Hormathophylla lapeyrouseana (Jord.) P.Küpfer
• Hormathophylla longicaulis (Boiss.) Cullen & T.R.Dudley
• Hormathophylla purpurea (Lag. & Rodr.) P.Küpfer
• Hormathophylla pyrenaica (Lapeyr.) Cullen & T.R.Dudley
• Hormathophylla reverchonii (Degen & Hervier) Cullen & T.R.Dudley
• Hormathophylla saxigena (Jord. & Fourr.) D.A.German & Govaerts
• Hormathophylla spinosa (L.) P.Küpfer

Notes and References

1. 10.1371/journal.pone.0208307 . Plant evolution in alkaline magnesium-rich soils: A phylogenetic study of the Mediterranean genus Hormathophylla (Cruciferae: Alysseae) based on nuclear and plastid sequences . 2018 . Salmerón-Sánchez . Esteban . Fuertes-Aguilar . Javier . Španiel . Stanislav . Pérez-García . Francisco Javier . Merlo . Encarna . Garrido-Becerra . Juan Antonio . Mota . Juan . PLOS ONE . 13 . 12 . e0208307 . 30576314 . 6303028 . 2018PLoSO..1308307S . free .
2. Web site: Hormathophylla Cullen & T.R.Dudley . . 2017 . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 5 September 2020 .