Turritis Explained

Turritis (commonly known as towercress or tower mustard)^[1] is a plant genus in the family Brassicaceae. It contains the following two species:^{[2] [3]}

• Turritis glabra (tower rockcress)
• Turritis laxa

Various other species have formerly been included in Turritis. The following list of synonyms is from BrassiBase version 1.3:^[2]

• Turritis alpina → Arabis ciliata
• Turritis auriculata → Arabis auriculata
• Turritis brachycarpa → Boechera grahamii
• Turritis brassica → Fourraea alpina
• Turritis caerulea → Arabis caerulea
• Turritis chilensis → Rorippa coxii
• Turritis ciliata → Arabis ciliata
• Turritis dregeana → Turritis glabra
• Turritis drummondii → Boechera angustifolia
• Turritis falcata → Boechera falcata
• Turritis gerardii → Arabis nemorensis
• Turritis grahamii → Boechera grahamii
• Turritis hirsuta → Arabis hirsuta
• Turritis hispidula → Exhalimolobos hispidulus
• Turritis laevigata → Borodinia laevigata
• Turritis lasiophylla → Streptanthus lasiophyllus
• Turritis loeselii → Sisymbrium loeselii
• Turritis macrocarpa → Turritis glabra
• Turritis mollis → Crucihimalaya bursifolia
• Turritis nemorensis → Arabis nemorensis
• Turritis nova → Arabis nova subsp. nova
• Turritis ochroleuca → Pseudoturritis turrita
• Turritis patula → Arabis auriculata
• Turritis patula → Boechera grahamii
• Turritis pauciflora → Fourraea alpina
• Turritis planisiliqua → Arabis planisiliqua
• Turritis praecox → Arabis planisiliqua
• Turritis pseudoturritis → Turritis glabra
• Turritis pubescens → Arabis pubescens subsp. pubescens
• Turritis purpurea → Arabis verna
• Turritis retrofracta → Boechera retrofracta
• Turritis sagittata → Arabis sagittata
• Turritis salsuginea → Eutrema salsugineum
• Turritis setosa → Coincya monensis subsp. cheiranthos
• Turritis spathulata → Arabis eschscholtziana
• Turritis stricta → Arabis allionii
• Turritis stricta → Boechera angustifolia
• Turritis stricta → Turritis glabra

External links

• • Book: Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A.. Turritis Linnaeus. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=134019. Flora of North America.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Report: Turritis L.. 5 January 2022 .
2. Web site: Turritis L.. BrassiBase 1.3. 5 January 2022.
3. Web site: [Turritis]]. Update on the Brassicaceae Species Checklist in COL. 2021. The entire dataset is at