Smelowskia Explained
Smelowskia, sometimes called false candytufts, is a genus of flowering plants in the crucifer family Brassicaceae,[1] native to mountains and arctic regions of Asia and western North America. They may or may not be of Beringian origin.[2]
Species
Currently accepted species include:[3]
- Smelowskia alba (Pall.) Regel
- Smelowskia altaica (Pobed.) Botsch.
- Smelowskia americana Rydb.
- Smelowskia annua Rupr.
- Smelowskia bartholomewii (Al-Shehbaz) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick
- Smelowskia bifurcata (Turcz. ex Ledeb.) Botsch.
- Smelowskia borealis (Greene) W.H.Drury & Rollins
- Smelowskia calycina (Stephan ex Willd.) C.A.Mey.
- Smelowskia czukotica (Botsch. & V.V.Petrovsky) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick
- Smelowskia flavissima Kar. & Kir.
- Smelowskia furcata (Al-Shehbaz) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick
- Smelowskia heishuiensis (W.T.Wang) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick
- Smelowskia inopinata (Kom.) Kom.
- Smelowskia jacutica (Botsch. & Karav.) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick
- Smelowskia johnsonii G.A.Mulligan
- Smelowskia media (W.H.Drury & Rollins) E.M.Velichkin
- Smelowskia micrantha (Botsch. & Vved.) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick
- Smelowskia mongolica Kom.
- Smelowskia ovalis M.E.Jones
- Smelowskia parryoides (Cham.) Polunin
- Smelowskia pectinata (Bunge) E.M.Velichkin
- Smelowskia porsildii (W.H.Drury & Rollins) Jurtzev
- Smelowskia pyriformis W.H.Drury & Rollins
- Smelowskia sisymbrioides (Regel & Herder) Paulsen
- Smelowskia sophiifolia (Cham. & Schltdl.) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick
Notes and References
- Al-Shehbaz . Ihsan A. . Warwick . Suzanne I. . A Synopsis of Smelowskia (Brassicaceae) . Harvard Papers in Botany . July 2006 . 11 . 1 . 91–99. 10.3100/1043-4534(2006)11[91:ASOSB]2.0.CO;2 .
- 10.1002/tax.592008 . The evolutionary history of Beringian Smelowskia (Brassicaceae) inferred from combined microsatellite and DNA sequence data . 2010 . Carlsen . Tor . Elven . Reidar . Brochmann . Christian . Taxon . 59 . 2 . 427–438 .
- Web site: Smelowskia C.A.Mey. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 19 August 2022 . en.
