Alyssum
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Alyssum L. |
Alyssum is a genus of about 100–170 species of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to 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;[1] they are often yellow or white colored but can be pink or purple.
The genera Lobularia and Aurinia 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.
Alyssum foliage is used as food by the caterpillars of certain Lepidoptera, including the Gem (Orthonama obstipata). However, rabbits will not eat it.[2]
Species[]
Accepted[]
The following is a list of accepted species. Unless noted otherwise, it follows AlyBase.[3] An asterisk indicates provisionally accepted names.
- Alyssum alyssoides
- Alyssum artwinense
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- Alyssum dagestanicum
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- Alyssum gmelinii
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- Alyssum minutum
- Alyssum montanum
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- Alyssum pulvinare
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Formerly included[]
The following names are listed by World Flora Online as accepted (as of the end of 2021),[4] but in AlyBase[3] have either been assigned to different genera (typically based on molecular phylogeny studies) or have been reduced to synonymy. A question mark indicates doubtful synonyms or species names with unresolved taxonomic status.
- Alyssum akamasicum B.L.Burtt →
- Alyssum algeriense Pomel → ?
- Alyssum alpestre L. →
- Alyssum anamense Velen. → ?
- Alyssum anatolicum Hausskn. ex Nyár. →
- Alyssum antiatlanticum Emb. & Maire →
- Alyssum arabicum (Boiss.) T.Durand & Schinz →
- Alyssum argenteum All. →
- Alyssum aureum (Fenzl) Boiss. →
- Alyssum bertolonii Desv. →
- Alyssum blepharocarpum T.R.Dudley & Hub.-Mor. →
- Alyssum bracteatum Boiss. & Buhse →
- ? Brein ex Colla
- Alyssum caliacrae Nyár. → subsp. caliacrae
- Alyssum callichroum Boiss. & Balansa →
- Alyssum caricum T.R.Dudley & Hub.-Mor. →
- Alyssum cassium Boiss. →
- Alyssum chondrogynum B.L.Burtt → Odontarrhena chondrogyna
- Alyssum cilicicum Boiss. & Balansa →
- Alyssum cochleatum Coss. & Durieu →
- Alyssum condensatum Boiss. & Hausskn. →
- Alyssum constellatum Boiss. →
- Alyssum corsicum Duby →
- Alyssum corymbosoides Formánek →
- Alyssum crenulatum Boiss. & Heldr. →
- Alyssum curetum Gand. →
- Alyssum cypricum Nyár. →
- Alyssum davisianum T.R.Dudley →
- Alyssum davisianum T.R.Dudley →
- Alyssum debarense Micevski →
- Alyssum degenianum Nyár. →
- Alyssum densistellatum T.R.Dudley → Alyssum montanum s.l.
- Alyssum desertorum Stapf →
- Alyssum dimorphosepalum Eig →
- Alyssum discolor T.R.Dudley & Hub.-Mor. →
- Alyssum dubertretii Gomb. →
- Alyssum dudleyi Adıgüzel & R.D.Reeves →
- Alyssum emarginatum (Boiss.) Rouy →
- Alyssum erigens Jord. & Fourr. →
- Alyssum eriophyllum Boiss. & Hausskn. →
- Alyssum euboeum Halácsy →
- Alyssum fallacinum Hausskn. →
- Alyssum fedtschenkoanum N.Busch →
- Alyssum filiforme Nyár. →
- Alyssum floribundum Boiss. & Balansa →
- Alyssum fragillimum (Bald.) Rech.f. →
- Alyssum gadorense P.Küpfer →
- Alyssum gehamense Fed. →
- Alyssum gevgelicense Micevski →
- Alyssum giosnanum Nyár. →
- Alyssum globosum (Desv.) Kuntze → Physaria globosa
- Alyssum gymnopodum P.A.Smirn. → subsp. cretacea
- Alyssum hakaszkii Nyár. →
- Alyssum haussknechtii Boiss. →
- Alyssum heldreichii Hausskn. →
- Alyssum heterotrichum Boiss. →
- Alyssum homalocarpum (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Boiss. →
- Alyssum huber-morathii T.R.Dudley →
- Alyssum huetii Boiss. →
- Alyssum kavadarcense Micevski →
- Alyssum klimesii Al-Shehbaz →
- Alyssum kurdicum (Boiss.) Nyár. →
- Alyssum lanigerum DC. →
- Alyssum leiocarpum Pomel → Alyssum minutum
- Alyssum lesbiacum (P.Candargy) Rech.f. →
- Alyssum libanoticum Nyár. →
- Alyssum linifolium Stephan ex Willd. →
- Alyssum longistylum (Sommier & Levier) Grossh. → subsp. tortuosa
- Alyssum luteolum Pomel → ?
- Alyssum markgrafii O.E.Schulz →
- Alyssum masmenaeum Boiss. →
- Alyssum mazandaranicum Mirzadeh & Assadi →
- Alyssum meniocoides Boiss. →
- Alyssum microphylliforme Nyár. → subsp. tortuosa?
- Alyssum mozaffarianii Kavousi →
- Alyssum mughlaei Orcan →
- Alyssum murale Waldst. & Kit. →
- Alyssum musilii Velen. →
- Alyssum nebrodense Tineo →
- Alyssum obovatum (C.A.Mey.) Turcz. →
- Alyssum obtusifolium Steven ex DC. →
- ? Colla
- Alyssum orbelicum Ančev & Uzunov →
- Alyssum orbiculare (Regel) Nyár. →
- Alyssum ovirense A.Kern. → subsp. ovirense
- Alyssum oxycarpum Boiss. & Balansa →
- Alyssum pateri Nyár. →
- Alyssum peltarioides Boiss. →
- Alyssum penjwinense T.R.Dudley →
- Alyssum pinifolium (Nyár.) T.R.Dudley →
- Alyssum polycladum Rech.f. →
- Alyssum pterocarpum T.R.Dudley →
- Alyssum robertianum Bernard ex Gren. & Godr. →
- Alyssum samariferum Boiss. & Hausskn. →
- Alyssum samium T.R.Dudley & Christod. →
- Alyssum scardicum Wettst. → Alyssum montanum s.l.
- Alyssum sergievskajae Krasnob. →
- Alyssum serpentinum Micevski →
- Alyssum serpyllifolium Desf. →
- Alyssum sibiricum Willd. →
- Alyssum singarense Boiss. & Hausskn. →
- Alyssum skopjense Micevski →
- Alyssum smolikanum Nyár. →
- Alyssum spruneri Jord. & Fourr. → Alyssum montanum s.l.
- Alyssum stipitatum Kavousi & T.R.Dudley →
- Alyssum stylare (Boiss. & Balansa) Boiss. →
- Alyssum subbaicalicum Nyár. →
- Alyssum subspinosum T.R.Dudley →
- Alyssum syriacum Nyár. →
- Alyssum szarabiacum Nyár. →
- Alyssum tavolarae Briq. →
- Alyssum tenium Halácsy →
- Alyssum tenuifolium Stephan ex Willd. →
- Alyssum tortuosum Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd. → subsp. tortuosa
- Alyssum trapeziforme Bornm. ex Nyár. →
- Alyssum troodi Boiss. → Odontarrhena troodi
- Alyssum turgidum T.R.Dudley →
- Alyssum virgatum Nyár. →
References[]
- ^ "Alyssum". The Macmillan Encyclopedia.
- ^ "Home". Garden Guides.
- ^ a b Španiel, S., Kempa, M., Salmerón-Sánchez, E., Fuertes-Aguilar, J., Francisco Mota, J., Al-Shehbaz, I.A., German, D.A., Olšavská, K., Šingliarová, B., Zozomová-Lihová, J. & Marhold, K. "AlyBase – database of names, chromosome numbers, and ploidy levels of Alysseae (Brassicaceae)". Retrieved 27 December 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link) - ^ "Alyssum L." World Flora Online. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
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