Braya (Brassicaceae)

Braya longii

Braya alpina , illustration in Sternberg & Hoppe 1815

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Brassicales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Brassicales

Familia: Brassicaceae
Subfamilia: Brassicoideae
Tribus: Euclidieae
Genus: Braya
Species: B. alpina – B. fengii – B. fernaldii – B. gamosepala – B. glabella – B. humilis – B. linearis – B. longii – B. pamirica – B. parvia – B. piasezkii – B. pilosa – B. purpurascens – B. qingshuiheense – B. rosea – B. scharnhorstii – B. sichuanica – B. siliquosa – B. stigmatosa – B. thomsonii – B. thorild-wulffii – B. tibetica

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Braya in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Oct. 31. Reference page.

Name

Braya Sternb. & Hoppe, Denkschr. Königl.-Baier. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 1: 65 (1815).

• Type species: Braya alpina Sternb. & Hoppe, Denkschr. Königl.-Baier. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 1: 66 (1815).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Platypetalum R.Br., Chlor. Melvill. 8 (1823).
    • Type species: Platypetalum purpurascens R.Br. (Lectotype designated by Grant, 1994: 251).
  • Beketowia Krasn., Scripta Bot. Hort. Univ. Petrop. 2(1): 12 (publ. 1888)
    • Type species: Beketowia tianschanica Krasn.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Norway, Svalbard, Sweden. Regional: Middle Europe Austria. Regional: Southeastern Europe Italy. Regional: Eastern Europe North European Russia. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Siberia Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutiya. Regional: Russian Far East Khabarovsk, Magadan, Primorye. Regional: Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan. Regional: Western Asia Afghanistan. Regional: China China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, China North-Central, Qinghai, China Southeast, Tibet, Xinjiang. Regional: Mongolia Mongolia. Regional: Eastern Asia Korea. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya. Continental: Northern America Regional: Subarctic America Alaska, Greenland, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon. Regional: Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba. Regional: Eastern Canada Labrador, Newfoundland, Ontario, Québec. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Montana, Wyoming. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Michigan, Vermont. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Sternberg, C. von & Hoppe, D.H. 1815. Braya, eine neue Pflanzengattung. Denkschriften der Königlich-Baierischen Botanischen Gesellschaft in Regensburg 1: 65–75. BHL, Tab. 1 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Al-Shehbaz, I.A. & German, D.A. 2014. A synopsis of the genus Braya (Brassicaceae). Harvard Papers in Botany 19(2): 161–174. DOI: 10.3100/hpib.v19iss2.2014.n1 PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Braya in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Oct. 31. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Braya. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 6 2017. Reference page.
• Koch, M.A. et al. 2017. Braya (Brassicaceae) in BrassiBase Tools and biological resources to study characters and traits in the Brassicaceae. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Jan 6.

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Breitschötchen
• suomi: Lidukit

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