Borodinia (plant)

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Borodinia
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Borodinia canadensis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Borodinia
Busch
Synonyms
  • ShortiaRaf.

Borodinia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. [1] Species of the genus have a native range from southern Siberia and northern China, and from eastern Canada to the central and eastern United States. [1] It was named by Nikolai Busch in 1921 to honor Ivan Borodin.

Species of this genus were formerly classified in the genus Boechera but were transferred to the genus Borodinia based on 2013 genetic analysis of this clade. [2]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Borodinia: [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Borodinia Busch | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  2. "Alexandria et al | Systematic Botany 38, no. 1 (2013): 192–209. | JSTOR" . Retrieved 31 March 2023.