Brassicaceae
Alyssum

Alyssum strigosum Banks & Sol.

First published in A.Russell, Nat. Hist. Aleppo, ed. 2, 2: 257 (1794)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Europe to Afghanistan. It is an annual and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Romania, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

California

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Al-Eisawi, D.M. & Oran, S.A. (2012). New records and synopsis to the genus Alyssum (Cruciferae) in Jordan. Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 67: 189-193.
  • Authier, P. & Covillot, J. (2011). Catalogue actualisé des plantes de l'île de Rhodes (Grèce). Saussurea; Travaux de la Société Botanique de Genève 41: 131-170.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hedge, I.C. & Rechinger, K.H. (1968). Flora Iranica 57: 1-372. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz.
  • Kavousi, K., Nazari, Z. & Hjtehadi, H. (2015). Synopsis of the genus Alyssum in Iran. Acta Botanica Hungarica 57: 283-290.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) in Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2012). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 3(2): 1-623. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
  • Townsend, C.C. & Guest, E. (eds.) (1980). Flora of Iraq 4(2): 628-1199. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Al-Eisawi, D.M. & Oran, S.A. (2012). New records and synopsis to the genus Alyssum (Cruciferae) in Jordan. Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 67: 189-193.
  • Authier, P. & Covillot, J. (2011). Catalogue actualisé des plantes de l'île de Rhodes (Grèce). Saussurea; Travaux de la Société Botanique de Genève 41: 131-170.
  • Hedge, I.C. & Rechinger, K.H. (1968). Flora Iranica 57: 1-372. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz.
  • Kavousi, K., Nazari, Z. & Hjtehadi, H. (2015). Synopsis of the genus Alyssum in Iran. Acta Botanica Hungarica 57: 283-290.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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