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Malcolmia
Sign in to saveMalcolmia is a genus of flowering plants from the family Brassicaceae. It includes 11 species native to the Mediterranean basin (North Africa and southeastern Europe), Western Asia, the Transcaucasus, Central Asia, and Pakistan.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderBrassicales
- FamilyBrassicaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan
Observations recorded6,859
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 131
- With media
- 121
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Collections
- INECOL, RSA, CAS, MEL, MADUG-UG, NY
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Tunisia, United States, Algeria, Morocco, Greece, Syria, France
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Anastaticeae
- Image
- Malcolmia littorea.jpg
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- Commons category
- Malcolmia
- taxon name
- Malcolmia
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Malcolmia
- taxon common name
- 涩芥属
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Encyclopedic overview
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Malcolmia is a genus of flowering plants from the family Brassicaceae. It includes 11 species native to the Mediterranean basin (North Africa and southeastern Europe), Western Asia, the Transcaucasus, Central Asia, and Pakistan.
Several species are cultivated for their flowers, including Virginia stock (Malcolmia maritima).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Malcolmia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.