Aethionema
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| Aethionema grandiflorum | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Aethionema R. Br. |
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Aethionema is a genus of flowering plants, within the family Brassicaceae, subfamily Brassicoideae. The genus is collectively known as the stonecresses.
Aethionema species are grown as herbaceous perennials by gardeners.
Species include:
- Aethionema antitaurus
- Aethionema cordifolia: Lebanon stonecress
- Aethionema grandiflorum: Persian stonecress
- Aethionema iberideum
- Aethionema oppositifolium
- Aethionema retsina
- Aethionema saxatile (syn. Aurinia saxatilis)[1]
- Aethionema thomasianum
[edit] References
- ^ "Aethionema saxatile". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=565717.
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