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Alyssum
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Alyssum is a genus of over a hundred species of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to temperate Europe, Asia, and northern Africa, with the highest species diversity in the Mediterranean region. The genus comprises annual and perennial herbaceous plants or (rarely) small shrubs, growing to 10–100 cm tall, with oblong-oval leaves. Alyssum flowers are characteristically small and grouped in terminal clusters; they are often yellow or white colored but can be pink or purple.
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Alyssum is a genus of plants within the family Brassicaceae. It belongs to the order Brassicales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta in the kingdom Plantae. The genus has the common names man-jeh and alisons. Its taxonomic status is accepted.
Records for Alyssum have been documented in the United States, Cyprus, Kazakhstan, TüRkiye, and Iraq. Specimens are held by institutions including NY, CAS, MICH, BUF, and SD. There are 156,112 occurrence records and 1,009 records with 969 media items associated with the genus.
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Species
alisons
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderBrassicales
- FamilyBrassicaceae
Common Name: man-jeh
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,009
- With media
- 969
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Collections
- NY, CAS, MICH, BUF, SD, GH
- Recorded in
- United States, Cyprus, Kazakhstan, TüRkiye, Iraq, Greece, Italy, Algeria
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- Alyssum
- taxon common name
- 庭荠属
- Montana Plant Life URL
- montana.plant-life.org/cgi-bin/genus03.cgi?Brassicaceae_Alyssum
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Formerly included
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Alyssum is a genus of over a hundred species of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to temperate Europe, Asia, and northern Africa, with the highest species diversity in the Mediterranean region. The genus comprises annual and perennial herbaceous plants or (rarely) small shrubs, growing to 10–100 cm tall, with oblong-oval leaves. Alyssum flowers are characteristically small and grouped in terminal clusters; they are often yellow or white colored but can be pink or purple.
The genera Lobularia, Aurinia and Odontarrhena are closely related to Alyssum and were formerly included in it. The widely cultivated species popularly known as "sweet alyssum" (Alyssum maritimum) is Lobularia maritima. The common rockery plant (Alyssum saxatile) is Aurinia saxatilis.
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