Arabidopsis halleri

Arabidopsis halleri
Illustration from Atlas der Alpenflora (1882)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Arabidopsis
Species:	A. halleri
Binomial name
Arabidopsis halleri (L.) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz
Synonyms [1]
Arabis halleriL. (1763) (basionym) Cardamine halleri(L.) Prantl Cardaminopsis halleri(L.) Hayek Crucifera halleri(L.) E.H.L.Krause Erysimum halleri(L.) Kuntze

Arabidopsis halleri is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is a perennial native to Central Europe from Germany and Italy to Ukraine, and to Japan, Korea, Manchuria, and the Russian Far East. ^[1]

Hyperaccumulation

Arabidopsis halleri is a well-known for being able to hyperaccumulate zinc without suffering from phytotoxicity. Research has shown that this same pathway can be used to hyperaccumulate cadium, but the plant does not successfully detoxify the metal. ^[2]

Subdivisions

Six subspecies and one variety are accepted. ^[1]

• Arabidopsis halleri subsp. dacica(Heuff. ex Fronius) Kolník – eastern and southern Carpathians and the northern Balkan Peninsula
• Arabidopsis halleri subsp. gemmifera(Matsum.) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz – Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russian Far East, and Sakha Republic
• Arabidopsis halleri subsp. halleri – Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Germany
• Arabidopsis halleri subsp. occidentalisŠrámková & Marhold – western and southern Alps (Italy and Switzerland)
• Arabidopsis halleri subsp. ovirensis(Wulfen) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz – eastern and southeastern Alps (Austria, Italy, and Slovenia)
• Arabidopsis halleri subsp. tatrica(Pawł.) Kolník – western Carpathians (Czechoslovakia and Poland)
• Arabidopsis halleri var. umezawana(Kadota) Yonek. – northern Japan

Phylogenetics

The closest living relatives on are A. kamchatica and A. umezawana . Open Tree of Life recognizes the following relationships: ^[3]

	A. pedemontana (northwestern Italian Alps) A. cebennensis (southeastern France) A. halleri (Eurasia) A. kamchatica (amphi-Beringian) A. umezawana A. lyrata (Northern Hemisphere) A. suecica (northern Europe) A. croatica (Croatia and northern Bosnia and Herzegovina) A. neglecta A. arenosa A. petrogena Ballantinia antipoda A. arenicola A. thaliana

References

1. "Arabidopsis halleri (L.) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 2025-08-02.
2. Zhao; Jiang; Dunham; McGrath (2006-09-01). "Cadmium uptake, translocation and tolerance in the hyperaccumulator Arabidopsis halleri". New Phytologist . 172 (4): 646–654. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01867.x.
3. "[Arabidopsis pedemontana + Arabidopsis drassiana]". Open Tree of Life . Retrieved 2026-02-18.