Category Archives: Brassicaceae

Taxonomy: Fam. Brassicaceae// Genus: Arabidopsis// Arabidopsis arenosa (L.) Lawalrée. Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Jones in Tutin et al. (1964) as Cardaminopsis arenosa (L.) Hayek, Fl. Steierm. 1: 478 (1908). The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase is Arabidopsis arenosa (L.) Lawalrée in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 92: 242. 1960. Reported for the firstContinue reading “Arabidopsis arenosa (L.) Lawalrée (syn. Cardaminopsis arenosa (L.) Hayek)”

Taxonomy: Fam. Brassicaceae// Genus: Capsella// Capsella rubella Reut. Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Micevski and Matevski in Micevski (1995) and Chater (1964 in Tutin et al.). Lifeform: Annual or biennial plant. Distribution: Native from South Central Europe to the Mediterranean according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens,Continue reading “Capsella rubella Reut.”

Taxonomy: Fam. Brassicaceae// Genus: Lunaria// Species: Lunaria annua L.// Subspecies: Lunaria annua subsp. pachyrhiza (Borbás) Hayek. Determined according to the botanical key provided by Ball in Tutin et al. (1968) and Micevski (1995). Lifeform: Biennial plant. Distribution: Native from Southeast Europe to Aegean Islands, Slovakia and Moldova according to the distribution information provided by The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Marhold, 2011+). Habitat: Continue reading “Lunaria annua subsp. pachyrhiza (Borbás) Hayek”

Taxonomy: Fam. Brassicaceae// Genus: Aurinia// Species: Aurinia saxatilis (L.) Desv.// Subspecies: Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis (Ard.) T. R. Dudley. Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Micevski (1995) and Ball et al. (1964 in Tutin et al.) as Alyssum saxatile subsp. orientale (Ard.) Rech. fil., Ann. Naturh. Mus. (Wien) 43: 200 (1929) = syn. Alyssum orientale Ard., Animad. Bot.Continue reading “Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis (Ard.) T. R. Dudley (syn. Alyssum saxatile subsp. orientale (Ard.) Rech. fil.)”

Taxonomy: Fam. Brassicaceae// Genus:  Raphanus// Species: Raphanus raphanistrum L.// Subspecies: Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. landra (Moretti ex DC.) Bonnier & Layens. Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 1995). Lifeform: Annual; therophyte according to the Raunkiaer system. Distribution: Native from Northwest Europe to the Mediterranean, Ukraine and Caucasus according to the distributionContinue reading “Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. landra (Moretti ex DC.) Bonnier & Layens”

Taxonomy: Fam. Brassicaceae// Genus: Turritis // Species: Turritis glabra L. Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 1995) as Arabis glabra (L.) Bernh. The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Marhold, 2011) is Turritis glabra L. Lifeform: Biennial or perennial. The first year of the life cycle is characterized byContinue reading “Turritis glabra L. (syn. Arabis glabra (L.) Bernh.)”

Taxonomy: Fam. Brassicaceae// Genus:  Noccaea// Species: Noccaea kovatsii (Heuff.) F. K. Mey. Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 1995) as Thlaspi kovatsii Heuff., Flora 36: 624. 1853. The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Marhold, 2011) is Noccaea kovatsii (Heuff.) in Feddes Repert. 84: 461. 1973. Lifeform: Perrenial; Hemicryptophyte according toContinue reading “Noccaea kovatsii (Heuff.) F. K. Mey. (syn. Thlaspi kovatsii Heuff.)”

Taxonomy: Fam. Brassicaceae// Genus: Cardamine// Species: Cardamine bulbifera (L.) Crantz. Determined according to the botanical key provided by Jones in Tutin et al. (1964) and Micevski in Micevski (1995). Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system. Distribution: Native from Europe to Iran according to the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). Habitat: Edges and clearings ofContinue reading “Cardamine bulbifera (L.) Crantz”

Taxonomy: Fam. Brassicaceae// Genus:  Cardamine// Species: Cardamine acris Griseb. Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system. Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Micevski (1995) and Jones in Tutin et al. (1964). In Flora Europaea (Jones in Tutin et al., 1964) this taxon is accepted at the subspecies level – Cardamine raphanifolia subsp. acris (Griseb.) O. E. Schulz.Continue reading “Cardamine acris Griseb.”

Taxonomy: Fam. Brassicaceae// Genus: Alyssum// Species: Alyssum alyssoides (L.) L. Determined according to the botanical key provided by Micevski (1995) and Ball et al. (1964 in Tutin et al.). Lifeform: Annual plant. Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system. Distribution: Native from West and Central Europe to the Mediterranean and Central Asia (Plants of the World Online portal). Habitat:  Rocky terrains,Continue reading “Alyssum alyssoides (L.) L.”