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Smelowskia

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Smelowskia
Smelowskia calycina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Smelowskia
C.A.Mey.[1]
Species

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Synonyms[2]
  • Chrysanthemopsis Rech.f.
  • Ermania Cham., Linnaea
  • Ermania Cham. ex Botsch.,
  • Gorodkovia Botsch. & Karav.
  • Hediniopsis Botsch. & V.V.Petrovsky
  • Redowskia Cham. & Schltdl.</sma
  • Sinosophiopsis Al-Shehbaz
  • Sophiopsis O.E.Schulz

Smelowskia, sometimes called false candytufts, is a genus of flowering plants in the crucifer family Brassicaceae,[3] native to mountains and arctic regions of Asia and western North America. They may or may not be of Beringian origin.[4]

Species

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Currently accepted species include:[2]

Smelowskia borealis on the slopes of Denali

References

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  1. ^ C.F.von Ledebour, Fl. Altaic. 3: 165 (1831)
  2. ^ a b "Smelowskia C.A.Mey. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  3. ^ Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A.; Warwick, Suzanne I. (July 2006). "A SYNOPSIS OF SMELOWSKIA (BRASSICACEAE)". Harvard Papers in Botany. 11 (1): 91–99. doi:10.3100/1043-4534(2006)11[91:ASOSB]2.0.CO;2.
  4. ^ Carlsen, Tor; Elven, Reidar; Brochmann, Christian (2010). "The evolutionary history of Beringian Smelowskia (Brassicaceae) inferred from combined microsatellite and DNA sequence data". Taxon. 59 (2): 427–438. doi:10.1002/tax.592008.