Yinshania Explained

Yinshania, (Chinese: '''阴山荠属''', meaning Yinshan shepherd's purse), is a genus of flowering plants in the crucifer family Brassicaceae, native to China (including Taiwan) and northern Vietnam. Species in Yinshania are diploid, and species in a proposed related genus, Hilliella, are polyploid.^[1]

Species

Currently accepted species include:

• Yinshania acutangula (O.E.Schulz) Y.H.Zhang
• Yinshania fumarioides (Dunn) Y.Z.Zhao
• Yinshania furcatopilosa (K.C.Kuan) Y.H.Zhang
• Yinshania henryi (Oliv.) Y.H.Zhang
• Yinshania hui (O.E.Schulz) Y.Z.Zhao
• Yinshania hunanensis (Y.H.Zhang) Al-Shehbaz, G.Yang, L.L.Lu & T.Y.Cheo
• Yinshania lichuanensis (Y.H.Zhang) Al-Shehbaz, G.Yang, L.L.Lu & T.Y.Cheo
• Yinshania paradoxa (Hance) Y.Z.Zhao
• Yinshania rivulorum (Dunn) Al-Shehbaz, G.Yang, L.L.Lu & T.Y.Cheo
• Yinshania rupicola (D.C.Zhang & J.Z.Shao) Al-Shehbaz, G.Yang, L.L.Lu & T.Y.Cheo

Hilliella rupicola Y.H.Zhang^[2]

• Yinshania sinuata (K.C.Kuan) Al-Shehbaz, G.Yang, L.L.Lu & T.Y.Cheo
• Yinshania yixianensis (Y.H.Zhang) Al-Shehbaz, G.Yang, L.L.Lu & T.Y.Cheo
• Yinshania zayuensis Y.H.Zhang

Notes and References

1. 10.1016/j.pld.2016.04.004 . Molecular phylogeny reveals the non-monophyly of tribe Yinshanieae (Brassicaceae) and description of a new tribe, Hillielleae . 2016 . Chen . Hongliang . Deng . Tao . Yue . Jipei . Al-Shehbaz . Ihsan A. . Sun . Hang . Plant Diversity . 38 . 4 . 171–182 . 30159462 . 6112204 . 2016PlDiv..38..171C .
2. Web site: Hilliella rupicola subsp. Shuangpaiensis (Z.Yu Li) Al-Shehbaz & D.A.German | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science.