Arcyosperma

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Arcyosperma
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Arcyosperma
O.E.Schulz
Species:
A. primulifolium
Binomial name
Arcyosperma primulifolium
(Thomson) O.E.Schulz
Synonyms [1]
  • Eutrema primulifolium(Thomson) Hook.f. & Thomson
  • Sisymbrium primulifoliumThomson

Arcyosperma is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. [2] It includes a single species, Arcyosperma primulifolium, a perennial native to northern Pakistan and the Himalayas. [1]

The species was first described as Sisymbrium primulifolium by Thomas Thomson in 1853. In 1924 Otto Eugen Schulz placed the species in the new monotypic genus Arcyosperma as Arcyosperma primulifolium. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Arcyosperma primulifolium (Thomson) O.E.Schulz". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  2. "Arcyosperma O.E.Schulz | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 24 September 2025.