Fourraea

Fourraea alpina is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, and the only member of the genus Fourraea.[1][2] It is native to Europe,[3] where its range extends from Spain in the west to Croatia in the east, and from Belgium and Czechia in the north to Italy in the south.[4]

Fourraea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Fourraea
Greuter & Burdet
Species:
F. alpina
Binomial name
Fourraea alpina
(L.) Greuter & Burdet

Its synonyms include:[1]

  • Arabis brassica (Leers) Rauschert
  • Arabis brassiciformis Wallr.
  • Arabis pauciflora (Grimm) Garcke
  • Brassica alpina L.
  • Caulopsis alpina (L.) Fourr.
  • Caulopsis pauciflora (Grimm) A. Löve & D. Löve
  • Conringia alpina (L.) Link
  • Turritis brassica Leers
  • Turritis pauciflora Grimm

It has a diploid chromosome number of 2n=14.[3]

References
  1. "Fourraea Greuter & Burdet". BrassiBase 1.3. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  2. "Fourraea alpina (L.) Greuter & Burdet". Update on the Brassicaceae Species Checklist 2021-01-19. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  3. Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. (2005). "Nomenclatural Notes on Eurasian Arabis (Brassicaceae)". Novon. 15 (4): 521. JSTOR 3393456.
  4. Marhold, K. (2011). "Fourraea alpina". The Euro+Med PlantBase. Retrieved 5 January 2022.


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