Malcolmia

Malcolmia maritima

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Brassicaceae
Subfamilia: Brassicoideae
Tribus: Malcolmieae
Genus: Malcolmia
Species: M. chia – M. doumetiana – M. flexuosa – M. graeca – M. komarovii – M. macrocalyx – M. malcolmioides – M. maritima – M. orsiniana – M. pygmaea – M. taraxacifolia
Nothospecies: M. × hybrida 

Name

Malcolmia R.Br. in W.T. Aiton, Hort. Kew., ed. 2, 4: 121 (1812), nom. cons. & orth. cons.

• Type species: M. maritima (L.) R.Br., Hort. Kew., ed. 2, 4: 121 (1812).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Wilckia Scop., Intr. Hist. Nat.: 317 (1777), nom. rej.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Czechoslovakia (introduced). Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Spain (introduced). Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia (introduced), Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Regional: Eastern Europe South European Russia. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco (introduced), Tunisia. Regional: Macaronesia Canary Islands, Madeira (introduced). Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. Regional: Caucasus Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey. Regional: Arabian Peninsula Kuwait, Saudi Arabia. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Pakistan. Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Argentina South (introduced). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Aiton, W.T. 1812. Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. 2nd Edn., Vol. IV. iii + 532 pp., Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London. BHL. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Al-Shehbaz, I.A., German, D.A., Mummenhoff, K. & Moazzeni, H. 2014. Systematics, tribal placements, and synopses of the Malcolmia s.l. segregates (Brassicaceae). Harvard Papers in Botany 19(1): 53–71. DOI: 10.3100/hpib.v19iss1.2014.n4 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Koch, M.A. et al. 2023. Malcolmia in BrassiBase Tools and biological resources to study characters and traits in the Brassicaceae. Published online. Accessed: 2023 April 18.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Malcolmia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 April 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Malcolmia. Published online. Accessed: April 18 2023. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Malcolmia. Accessed: 18 April 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Malcolmia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 April 18. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Virginia Stocks
• suomi: Malkolmiat, meri-illakot

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