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Smelowskia

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Smelowskia
Smelowskia calycina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Smelowskia
C.A.Mey.[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Chrysanthemopsis Rech.f.
  • Gorodkovia Botsch. & Karav.
  • Hediniopsis Botsch. & V.V.Petrovsky
  • Redowskia Cham. & Schltdl.
  • Sinosophiopsis Al-Shehbaz
  • Sophiopsis O.E.Schulz

Smelowskia, sometimes called false candytufts, is a genus of flowering plants in the crucifer family Brassicaceae, 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:

Smelowskia borealis on the slopes of Denali

References

  1. ^ C.F.von Ledebour, Fl. Altaic. 3: 165 (1831)
  2. ^ Carlsen, Tor; Elven, Reidar; Brochmann, Christian (2010). "The evolutionary history of Beringian Smelowskia (Brassicaceae) inferred from combined microsatellite and DNA sequence data". Taxon. 59 (2): 427–438. doi:10.1002/tax.592008.