Aethionema

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Aethionema
Aethionema grandiflora0.jpg
Aethionema grandiflorum
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Aethionema
R.Br.
Synonyms[1]
  • Acanthocardamum Thell.
  • Campyloptera Boiss.
  • Crenularia Boiss.
  • Diastrophis Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
  • Disynoma Raf.
  • Eunomia DC.
  • Iondra Raf.
  • Lipophragma Schott & Kotschy ex Boiss.
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.

Etymology[]

The Latin name Aethionema derives from ancient Greek αἴθειν "to light up, kindle" + νῆμα "thread, yarn".[citation needed] The English name "stonecress" derives from its creeping habit and its favoured stony or rocky sites.[2]

Species[]

Species include:[1]

  • H.Duman
  • Yild.
  • Yild.
  • Yild. & Kiliç
  • (L.) Andrz. ex DC.
  • Aethionema armenum Boiss.
  • Yild. & Kiliç
  • Boiss. & Balansa
  • Strid & Papan.
  • (Banks & Sol.) B.Fedtsch.
  • (Hartvig & Å.Strid) Yild.
  • (Desf.) Boiss.
  • DC. – Lebanon stonecress
  • P.H.Davis & Hedge
  • Bunge
  • Yild.
  • Vural & Adigüzel
  • Yild.
  • N.Busch
  • (Boiss.) Khosravi & Mumm.
  • Yild.
  • Kandemir & Aytaç
  • (Boiss.) Bornm.
  • Boiss.
  • Rech.f.
  • Post
  • Greuter, Burdet, I.A.Andersson, Carlström, Franzén, Karlén & Nybom
  • Aethionema grandiflorum Boiss. & Hohen. – Persian stonecress
  • J.Gay
  • (Boiss. & Buhse) Boiss.
  • P.H.Davis & Hedge
  • Ertugrul & Beyazoglu
  • Yild.
  • Hub.-Mor.
  • N.Busch
  • I.A.Andersson, Carlström, Franzén, Karlén & H.Nybom
  • P.H.Davis
  • DC.
  • P.H.Davis & Yild.
  • (Boiss.) Hayek
  • Yild.
  • P.H.Davis
  • Aethionema retsina Phitos & Snogerup
  • D.K.Pavlova
  • Khosravi & Joharchi
  • Aethionema saxatile (L.) W.T.Aiton
  • Boiss. & Kotschy
  • Mozaff.
  • Boiss. & A.Huet
  • Post
  • DC.
  • Aethionema subulatum (Boiss. & Heldr.) Boiss.
  • (Boiss.) Bornm.
  • Boiss. & Heldr.
  • J.Gay
  • (Czerniak.) N.Busch
  • Yild.
  • H.Duman & Aytaç
  • (Boiss.) Hedge
  • Kiliç

Cultivation[]

Aethionema species are grown for their profuse racemes of cruciform flowers in shades of red, pink or white, usually produced in spring and early summer. A favoured location is the rock garden or wall crevice. They appreciate well-drained alkaline soil conditions, but can be short-lived.[3] The hybrid cultivar 'Warley Rose' is a subshrub with bright pink flowers. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4][5]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Aethionema R.Br". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  2. ^ Shorter Oxford English dictionary, 6th ed. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. 2007. p. 3804. ISBN 978-0199206872.
  3. ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
  4. ^ "Aethionema 'Warley Rose' AGM". Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  5. ^ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 3. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
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