Monotypic Brassicaceae genera

Pringlea antiscorbutica, commonly known as Kerguelen cabbage, is a flowering plant and the sole member of the monotypic genus Pringlea in the family Brassicaceae. Its common name comes from the archipelago of its discovery, the Kerguelen Islands, and its generic name derives from Sir John Pringle, president of the Royal Society at the time of its discovery by Captain James Cook's Surgeon, William Anderson in 1776.

Anastatica is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae containing the single species Anastatica hierochuntica or the true rose of Jericho. The plant is a small gray annual herb that rarely grows above high, and bears minute white flowers. It is a capable of hygroscopic expansion and retraction. However, it is not a true resurrection plant, because the plant's dead tissues do not revive and turn green.

Neslia is a monotypic plant genus in the family Brassicaceae. The only extant species is Neslia paniculata

Pseudoturritis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It contains a single species, Pseudoturritis turrita, a biennial or perennial native to central and southern Europe, Algeria, the Caucasus, and the Levant.

Alyssoides is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae containing a single species, Alyssoides utriculata. A herbaceous perennial plant native to Southern Europe and Turkey, it grows on dry rocky slopes and on calcareous rocks, reaching heights of 20 to 50cm and blooming with yellow flowers between April and May–July.

Myagrum, muskweed or musk weed, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae. It has only one species, Myagrum perfoliatum, native to Europe and the Middle East, and an introduced weed in North America, South America, Australia and other places in Asia. It is sister to Isatis.

Fourraea alpina is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, and the only member of the genus Fourraea. It is native to Europe, where its range extends from Spain in the west to Croatia in the east, and from Belgium and Czechia in the north to Italy in the south.

Euclidium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Euclidium syriacum, a white-flowered annual herb native to Eurasia. It ranges from southeastern Europe to Ukraine and European Russia, the Caucasus, western and Central Asia, the western Himalayas, Xinjiang, and Mongolia.

Synstemon is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Synstemon petrovii, which is native to northern China.

Calepina is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Calepina irregularis, an annual native to Mediterranean Europe, northwestern Africa, Western Asia to Iran and Turkmenistan, the Caucasus, and southern European Russia.

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Kernera is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It only contains one species, Kernera saxatilis.

Hirschfeldia incana (formerly Brassica geniculata) is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by many common names, including shortpod mustard, buchanweed, hoary mustard and Mediterranean mustard. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Hirschfeldia, which is closely related to Brassica. The species is native to the Mediterranean Basin but it can be found in many parts of the world as an introduced species and often a very abundant noxious weed. This mustard is very similar in appearance to black mustard, but is generally shorter. It forms a wide basal rosette of lobed l

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Carrichtera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.

Schouwia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It only contains one known species, Schouwia purpurea (Forssk.) Schweinf.

Heldreichia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. The only species is Heldreichia bupleurifolia.

Pachyphragma is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Pachyphragma macrophyllum, a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte native to eastern Turkey and the Caucasus.

Iskandera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Iskandera hissarica, which is native to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

Polyctenium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae. It contains a single species, Polyctenium fremontii, the desert combleaf, a small and compact plant native to the northern Great Basin region of the Western United States. The plants are known by the common name combleaf, owing to the resemblance of their deeply lobed leaves to a comb. It grows in sagebrush shrub steppe in northeastern California, southeastern Oregon, southwestern Idaho, and northwestern Nevada.

Leptaleum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Leptaleum filifolium, an annual which ranges from the eastern Mediterranean through western and central Asia to the Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan, and Xinjiang.

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Anelsonia is a monotypic genus in the family Brassicaceae containing the single species Anelsonia eurycarpa, which is known by the common name daggerpod. It is similar to Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides, but at present they are treated in separate genera. This species is a fleshy, hairy plant of mountain habitats throughout the western United States from California to Idaho and can be found from 1600 to 4100 m. Above the rosette of velvety, fingerlike leaves it bears densely packed inflorescences of tiny white flowers. The distinctive fruits develop and dwarf the rest of the plant under an array o

Lachnoloma is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Lachnoloma lehmannii, an annual native to northeastern Iran, Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) and Xinjiang.

Succowia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It only contains one known species, Succowia balearica (L.) Medik.

Pseudovesicaria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Pseudovesicaria digitata, which grown in subalpine areas of the northwestern Balkan Peninsula and the Caucasus.

Pycnoplinthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Pycnoplinthus uniflora, a perennial native to subalpine areas of the western Himalaya.

Megadenia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Megadenia pygmaea, an annual native to subalpine areas of western and central China, Tibet, and the southern Russian Far East (Primorsky Krai). It is believed extinct in Buryatia.

Dipoma is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Dipoma iberideum, a perennial native to Sichuan and Yunnan provinces of south-central China.

Eremobium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Eremobium aegyptiacum, which is native to the Sahara Desert of northern Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Sinai Peninsula and southern Levant, Iraq, Iran, and Pakistan.

Phoenicaulis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae found in western North America. It contains the single species Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides, which is known by the common names daggerpod and wallflower phoenicaulis. The genus name means 'reddish-purple stems', probably in reference to the tendency for the stems to take on such a color, and the species name means 'hand of flowers'.

Parodiodoxa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It just contains one species, Parodiodoxa chionophila, a perennial or subshrub native to subalpine areas of northwestern Argentina.

Guiraoa is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It contains a single species, Guiraoa arvensis, an annual native to eastern and southeastern Spain.

Ballantinia is a genus of plants in the family Brassicaceae. Ballantinia pumilio, commonly known as southern shepherd's purse, is the sole species in the genus. It is a small annual herb growing on granite outcrops at high elevations. Formerly more widespread, it is currently restricted to Mount Alexander in central Victoria. It was formerly native to central and northern Tasmania but is presumed extinct on the island. The species is listed as 'Critically Endangered' under the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act. thumb|Ballantinia pumilio with flowers and young fruit in August 2024, growi

Atelanthera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Atelanthera perpusilla, an annual native to Afghanistan, Kirgizstan, Pakistan, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Uzbekistan, and the West Himalayas.

Pachymitus is a monotypic plant genus in the mustard family Brassicaceae. The sole species is Pachymitus cardaminoides, commonly known as sand cress, which is native to Australia. It occurs in the states of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.

Pterygostemon is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Pterygostemon spathulatus, which is native to Kazakhstan and Xinjiang.

Hollermayera is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It only contains one species, Hollermayera valdiviana (Phil.) Ravenna

Rhizobotrya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Rhizobotrya alpina, a perennial native to the southeastern Alps of Italy.

Octoceras is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Octoceras lehmannianum, an annual native to Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan), and western Pakistan.

Veselskya is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It only contains one known species, Veselskya griffithiana . It is native to Afghanistan.

Bivonaea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Bivonaea lutea, an annual native to Algeria, Sardinia, Sicily, and Tunisia in the central Mediterranean region.

Rytidocarpus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Rytidocarpus moricandioides, which is endemic to Morocco.

Idahoa is a monotypic genus of plants in the family Brassicaceae containing the single species Idahoa scapigera, which is known by the common names scalepod and oldstem idahoa. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Montana where it grows generally in mountains and foothills. This is a petite annual herb growing a basal rosette of petioled leaves each one to three centimeters long and smooth or lobed along the edges. The thin, leafless erect stems rise to a maximum height near ten centimeters. Each bears a single tiny flower with white petals above red-pur

Scambopus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. The only species is Scambopus curvipes, an annual or subshrub native to southern South Australia.

Ochthodium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Ochthodium aegyptiacum, an annual native to Cyprus, Egypt, the Levant, and Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean.

Scoliaxon is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. The only species is Scoliaxon mexicanus, which is native to is northeastern Mexico.

Chamira is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Chamira circaeoides, an annual native to the western and southwestern Cape Provinces of South Africa.

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Diptychocarpus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Diptychocarpus strictus, an annual which ranges from southern European Russia and the Caucasus through Iran, Pakistan, Central Asia, and Xinjiang to north-central China.

Pycnoplinthopsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Pycnoplinthopsis bhutanica, a perennial or subshrub native to subalpine areas of the Himalaya and Tibet.

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Morisia is a monotypic genus of ornamental plant in the family Brassicaceae. Its only species is Morisia monanthos, also called M. hypogaea. It is a perennial native to the Mediterranean islands of Corsica and Sardinia.

Degenia is a monotypic plant genus in the family Brassicaceae containing the single species Degenia velebitica. The yellow-flowered plant is endemic to the Velebit and Kapela mountain ranges of Croatia. It is an endangered species and has had protected status since 1964. It grows in open stony grasslands, settled scree slopes, and rock crevices fully exposed to sun and stormy northeasterly (Bora) winds, from 300 to 1300 meters elevation.

Eremoblastus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Eremoblastus caspicus, an annual native to Kazakhstan.

Chlorocrambe is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Chlorocrambe hastata, a perennial native to Idaho, Oregon, and Utah in the western United States.

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Moriera is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It only contains one known species, Moriera spinosa Boiss.

Chartoloma is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Chartoloma platycarpum, an annual native to Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

Pseudoarabidopsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Pseudoarabidopsis toxophylla, a biennial or perennial which ranges from Crimea and Ukraine through southern and eastern European Russia to Kazakhstan, western Siberia, and the Altai Mountains.