Matthiola

Matthiola
Matthiola incana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Matthiola Aiton
Species
See text.

Matthiola ( /ˌmæθiˈoʊlə/, syn. Mathiola R.Br.), or stock, is a genus of flowering plants named after Pietro Andrea Mattioli.

A cool season annual or perennial. Flowers are singles or doubles in a wide array of colors, very sweet smelling, and often used in bouquets of cut flowers. This genus contains about 140 species, which are often shrubby herbs, chiefly in the Mediterranean region and Asia, some in South Africa; the two most common species in cultivation are M. incana and M. longipetala.

Species

Matthiola acaulis Matthiola adenophora Matthiola afghanica Matthiola albicaulis Matthiola alyssifolia Matthiola anchoniifolia Matthiola anchusoides Matthiola angulosa Matthiola annua Matthiola anoplia Matthiola arabica Matthiola arborescens Matthiola aspera Matthiola australis Matthiola bicornis Matthiola biennis Matthiola boissieri Matthiola bolleana Matthiola bucharica Matthiola caboverdeana Matthiola capiomontiana Matthiola carnica Matthiola caspica Matthiola chenopodifolia Matthiola chenopodiifolia Matthiola chorassanica Matthiola circinnata Matthiola clausonis Matthiola codringtonii Matthiola coronopifolia Matthiola crassifolia Matthiola crucigera Matthiola czerniakowskae Matthiola daghestanica Matthiola damascena Matthiola deflexa Matthiola dentata Matthiola deserticola Matthiola dimolehensis Matthiola dimorpha Matthiola dumulosa Matthiola elliptica Matthiola erlangeriana Matthiola euboea Matthiola exigua Matthiola farinosa Matthiola fasciculata Matthiola fenestralis Matthiola fischeri Matthiola flavida Matthiola fragrans Matthiola fruticulosa (= Matthiola tristis) - Sad Stock Matthiola ghorana Matthiola glabra Matthiola glabrata Matthiola glandulosa Matthiola glutinosa Matthiola graeca Matthiola graminea Matthiola hesperoides Matthiola humilis Matthiola incana - Stock, Hoary Stock Matthiola integrifolia Matthiola kralikii Matthiola lacera Matthiola leprosa Matthiola linearis Matthiola littorea Matthiola livida Matthiola lonchophora Matthiola longipetala (= Matthiola bicornis) - Night-scented Stock

Matthiola lunata Matthiola macranica Matthiola macropetala Matthiola maderensis Matthiola maroccana Matthiola masguindali Matthiola montana Matthiola myrtodes Matthiola nana Matthiola nudicaulis Matthiola obovata Matthiola odoratissima Matthiola ovatifolia Matthiola oxyceras Matthiola oxyceratia Matthiola oyensis Matthiola parviflora Matthiola parvifolia Matthiola patens Matthiola perennis Matthiola perpusilla Matthiola persica Matthiola phlox Matthiola porphyrantha Matthiola prostrata Matthiola provincialis Matthiola pseudoxyceras Matthiola pumila Matthiola pumilio Matthiola puntensis Matthiola revoluta Matthiola rivae Matthiola robusta Matthiola rostrata Matthiola runcinata Matthiola rupestris Matthiola sabauda Matthiola saxatilis Matthiola scapifera Matthiola serica Matthiola simplicicaulis Matthiola sinuata - Sea Stock Matthiola smithii Matthiola songarica Matthiola spathulata Matthiola stelligera Matthiola stenopetala Matthiola stephanos-mariae Matthiola stoddarti Matthiola stylosa Matthiola subglabra Matthiola superba Matthiola tatarica Matthiola taurica Matthiola telum Matthiola tenella Matthiola tenera Matthiola thessala Matthiola tianschanica Matthiola tomentosa Matthiola torulosa Matthiola tricuspidata - Three-horned Stock Matthiola tristis Matthiola undulata Matthiola valesiaca Matthiola vallesiaca Matthiola varia Matthiola viburnodes Matthiola vulgaris

References

• Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11892. 
• Hort.Kew. 4:119 (1812)
• Ruth Jaén-Molina et al., "The molecular phylogeny of Matthiola R. Br. (Brassicaceae) inferred from ITS sequences, with special emphasis on the Macaronesian endemics", Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Volume 53, Issue 3, December 2009, Pages 972-981.

External links

• GBIF entry
• USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) entry
• eFloras entry - China
• eFloras entry - Pakistan
• JSTOR Plant Science entries
• FloraBase entry
• Matthiola in Flower Library