Hormathophylla is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to the western Mediterranean; Morocco, Algeria, Spain, France and Italy.[2] Perennial shrubs, they are adapted to dry, alkaline soils with high levels of magnesium.[3]

Hormathophylla
Hormathophylla spinosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Tribe: Alysseae
Genus: Hormathophylla
Cullen & T.R.Dudley[1]
Species

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Synonyms[2]

Nevadensia Rivas Mart.

Species

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Currently accepted species include:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Feddes Repert. 71: 225 (1965)
  2. ^ a b c "Hormathophylla Cullen & T.R.Dudley". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  3. ^ Salmerón-Sánchez, Esteban; Fuertes-Aguilar, Javier; Španiel, Stanislav; Pérez-García, Francisco Javier; Merlo, Encarna; Garrido-Becerra, Juan Antonio; Mota, Juan (2018). "Plant evolution in alkaline magnesium-rich soils: A phylogenetic study of the Mediterranean genus Hormathophylla (Cruciferae: Alysseae) based on nuclear and plastid sequences". PLOS ONE. 13 (12): e0208307. Bibcode:2018PLoSO..1308307S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0208307. PMC 6303028. PMID 30576314.