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Arabideae

(Tribe)

Overview

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A Tribe in the Kingdom Plantae.

Taxonomy

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The Tribe Arabideae is a member of the Subfamily Polemonioideae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Arabideae:

The Tribe Arabideae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genera

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Abies

Firs (Abies) are a genus of 48?55 species of evergreen conifers in the family Pinaceae. They are found through much of North and Central America, Europe, Asia, and North Africa, occurring in mountains over most of the range. Firs are most closely related to the cedars (Cedrus); Douglas-firs are not true firs, being of the genus Pseudotsuga. [more]

Arabis

Arabis (), or rockcress, is a genus of flowering plants, within the family Brassicaceae, subfamily Brassicoideae. [more]

Aubrieta

Aubrieta (also Aubretia) is a genus of about 12 species of flowering plants in the cabbage family Brassicaceae. The genus is named after Claude Aubriet, a French flower-painter. It originates from southern Europe east to central Asia but is now a common garden escape throughout Europe. It is a low, spreading plant, hardy, evergreen and perennial, with small violet, pink or white flowers, and inhabits rocks and banks. It prefers light, well-drained soil, is tolerant of a wide pH range, and can grow in partial shade or full sun. [more]

Austrocedrus

Austrocedrus is a genus of conifer belonging to the cypress family Cupressaceae. It has only one species, Austrocedrus chilensis, native to the Valdivian temperate rain forests and the adjacent drier steppe-forests of central-southern Chile and western Argentina from 33?S to 44?S latitude. It is known in its native area as Cipr?s de la Cordillera or Cordilleran Cypress, and elsewhere by the scientific name as Austrocedrus, or sometimes as Chilean Incense-cedar or Chilean Cedar. The generic name means "southern cedar". [more]

Azilia

Azilia eryngioides is a species of flowering plant in the Apiaceae, the only member of the genus Azilia. It is endemic to Iran. [more]

Azolla

Azolla (mosquito fern, duckweed fern, fairy moss, water fern) is a genus of seven species of aquatic ferns in the family Salviniaceae. They are extremely reduced in form and specialized, looking nothing like conventional ferns but more resembling duckweed or some mosses. [more]

Buxus

Buxus is a genus of about 70 species in the family Buxaceae. Common names include box (majority of English-speaking countries) or boxwood (North America). [more]

Cardaminopsis

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Cyclosorus

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Dentaria

Cardamine (Car-d?-mi-ne, Bittercress or Bitter-cress), is a large genus in the family Brassicaceae. It contains more than 150 species of annuals and perennials. The genus grows worldwide in diverse habitats, except in the Antarctic. Genus Dentaria is a synonym for Cardamine. [more]

Draba

Draba is a large genus of cruciferous plants, commonly known as Whitlow-grasses. There are over 300 species. [more]

Erophila

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Fagus

Trees, winter-deciduous. Terminal buds present, long, tapered in maturity, all scales imbricate. Leaves: stipules prominent on new growth, soon deciduous. Leaf blade thin, secondary veins unbranched, ± parallel, extending to margin, each vein ending in acute or obscure tooth. Inflorescences unisexual, axillary in new growth leaves; staminate inflorescence lax, loosely capitate cluster of flowers; pistillate inflorescence short, stiff, cupule 1, terminal. Staminate flowers: sepals connate; stamens 6-16; pistillode typically absent. Pistillate flowers 2 per cupule; sepals distinct; carpels and styles 3. Fruits: maturation in 1st year following pollination; cupule 4-valved, valves distinct, ±completely enclosing nuts until maturity, prickly, prickles stout, unbranched, short, not obscuring surface of cupule, internal valves absent; nuts 2 per cupule, sharply 3-angled, slightly winged. x = 12.[1] [more]

Goodenia

Goodenia is a genus consisting of 179 species of flowering plants. The name was published in 1793 by James Edward Smith in honour of the Bishop of Carlisle Samuel Goodenough. Goodenough was also a botanist and member of the Linnean Society. [more]

Hosta

Hosta (, syn.: Funkia) is a genus of about 23?45 species of lily-like plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae, native to northeast Asia. They have been placed in their own family, Hostaceae (or Funkiaceae); like many 'lilioid monocots', they were once classified in the Liliaceae. The scientific name is also used as the common name; in the past they were also sometimes called the Corfu Lily, the Day Lily, or the Plantain lily, but these terms are now obsolete. The name Hosta is in honor of the Austrian botanist Nicholas Thomas Host. The Japanese name Giboshi is also used in English to a small extent. The rejected generic name Funkia, also used as a common name, can be found in some older literature. [more]

Juniperus

Junipers are coniferous plants in the genus Juniperus () of the cypress family Cupressaceae. Depending on taxonomic viewpoint, there are between 50-67 species of juniper, widely distributed throughout the northern hemisphere, from the Arctic, south to tropical Africa in the Old World, and to the mountains of Central America. [more]

Kniphofia

Kniphofia (), also called Tritoma, Red hot poker, Torch lily or Poker plant, is a genus of plants in the family Xanthorrhoeaceae, subfamily Asphodeloideae, that includes 70 or more species native to Africa. Some species have been commercially used horticulturally and are commonly known for their bright, rocket-shaped flowers. [more]

Lampranthus

Lampranthus is a genus of plants in the family . One of the species in this genus is L. roseus, the mini ice plant. Other species in this genus include L, haworthii and L. aberdeen. All Lampranthus species flower between June and August with flower colors including red, orange, peach, yellow and light pink through to magenta and purple. [more]

Macropodium

Herbs perennial, rhizomatous, puberulent. Trichomes simple and minutely forked. Stems erect, unbranched. Basal leaves long petiolate, rosulate, simple, entire, serrate, or denticulate. Cauline leaves petiolate, uppermost sessile, not auriculate, entire or serrate. Racemes numerous flowered, dense, ebracteate or rarely lowermost few flowers bracteate, elongated in fruit. Fruiting pedicels slender or thickened, divaricate. Sepals oblong-linear, base of lateral pair not saccate, margin narrowly membranous. Petals white; blade linear-oblong or linear-lanceolate, apex obtuse; claw shorter than sepals. Stamens 6, distinctly exserted, subequal in length; filaments dilated at base, filiform; anthers oblong-linear, twisted after dehiscence, obtuse at apex. Nectar glands 2, lateral, semiannular or annular; median glands absent. Ovules 8-22 per ovary. Fruit dehiscent siliques, linear, strongly latiseptate; valves papery, with a prominent midvein and distinct lateral veins, glabrous, torulose; gynophore 0.3-3 cm; replum rounded; septum complete, membranous, translucent, veinless; style obsolete, rarely to 1 mm, subconical; stigma capitate, entire. Seeds uniseriate, winged, ovate or orbicular, strongly flattened; seed coat smooth, not mucilaginous when wetted; cotyledons accumbent.[2] [more]

Nasturtium

Nasturtium (literally "nose-twister" or "nose-tweaker"), as a common name, refers to a genus of roughly 80 species of annual and perennial herbaceous flowering plants Tropaeolum ("Trophy"), one of three genera in the family Tropaeolaceae. It should not be confused with the Watercresses of the genus Nasturtium, of the Mustard family. This genus, native to South and Central America, includes several very popular garden plants, the most commonly grown being T. majus, T. peregrinum and T. speciosum. The hardiest species is T. polyphyllum from Chile, the perennial roots of which can survive underground when air temperatures drop as low as -15°C (5°F). [more]

Pherosphaera

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Sisymbrella

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Tellima

Tellima grandiflora (Fringecups, Bigflower Tellima) is a perennial of the family Saxifragaceae. It is a native of most forests in western North America. Frequently grown in gardens, it has escaped and become established in some other areas, e.g. Great Britain. The small green, white or purple flowers are born in spikes and the petals are deeply fringed. It is the only species in the genus Tellima. [more]

Turritis

Herbs biennial, rarely short-lived perennial, glaucous above. Trichomes simple and/or stalked forked or substellate. Stems erect, simple or branched apically. Basal leaves petiolate, rosulate, simple, repand, dentate, or lobed, rarely entire. Cauline leaves sessile, auriculate, sagittate, or amplexicaul at base, entire. Racemes ebracteate, corymbose, elongated considerably in fruit. Fruiting pedicels slender, erect or divaricate. Sepals oblong or linear, erect, base of lateral pair not saccate, margin membranous. Petals yellowish, creamy white, pink, or purplish; blade spatulate, oblanceolate, or rarely linear, apex obtuse; claw undifferentiated from blade. Stamens 6, erect, tetradynamous; filaments not dilated at base; anthers oblong or linear, obtuse at apex. Nectar glands confluent and subtending bases of all stamens, median glands present, lateral ones annular. Ovules 130-200 per ovary. Fruit dehiscent siliques, linear, often subterete-quadrangular, sessile; valves leathery, with a prominent midvein, glabrous, smooth; replum rounded; septum complete, membranous, veinless; style short, stout; stigma capitate, subentire. Seeds biseriate, wingless or rarely narrowly winged, elliptic or orbicular, flattened; seed coat not mucilaginous when wetted; cotyledons accumbent.[3] [more]

At least 41 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Turritis.

More info about the Genus Turritis may be found here.

Bibliography

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Footnotes

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  1. Haining Qin & Peter Fritsch "Fagus". in Flora of North America Vol. 3. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org.
  2. "Macropodium". in Flora of China Vol. 8 Page 16. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
  3. "Turritis". in Flora of China Vol. 8 Page 131. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

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Last Revised: August 24, 2012
2012/08/24 20:13:17