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thumb|Aethionema saxatile Aethionema is a genus of flowering plants within the family Brassicaceae. They are known as stonecresses. Stonecresses originate from sunny limestone mountainsides in Europe and West Asia, especially Turkey. It is the only genus in the subfamily Aethionemoideae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderBrassicales
  5. FamilyBrassicaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Greece, Hungary
Observations recorded22,198

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
153
With media
143
Family
Brassicaceae
Collections
MICH, MO, NHMUK, HLSD, MNHN, DBG
Recorded in
Iran, Lebanon, Germany, Turkey, Syria, United States, Armenia Turcica, Turkmenistan

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Aethionemeae
Image
Aethionema grandiflora0.jpg
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taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Aethionema
Commons category
Aethionema
topic's main category
Category:Aethionema
Commons gallery
Aethionema
taxon common name
kamnica
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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Taxonomy
  • Cultivation
  • References

thumb|Aethionema saxatile Aethionema is a genus of flowering plants within the family Brassicaceae. They are known as stonecresses. Stonecresses originate from sunny limestone mountainsides in Europe and West Asia, especially Turkey. It is the only genus in the subfamily Aethionemoideae.

Aethionema have typically perennials, but may be annuals. Their leaves are ovate or linear.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aethionema” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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