Euclidium

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Euclidium
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Euclidium syriacum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Euclidium
W.T.Aiton
Species:
E. syriacum
Binomial name
Euclidium syriacum
(L.) W.T.Aiton
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • HierochontisMedik.
  • OrnithorynchiumRöhl.
  • SoriaAdans.
  • Anastatica syriacaL. (1763) (basionym)
  • Bunias syriaca(L.) Gaertn.
  • Myagrum syriacum(L.) Crantz
  • Ornithorynchium syriacum(L.) Röhl.
  • Anastatica hierachunticaCrantz
  • Bunias rostrataL'Hér. ex DC.
  • Crucifera euclidiumE.H.L.Krause
  • Hierochontis carniolicaMedik.
  • Myagrum rigidumPall.
  • Myagrum rostratumScop.
  • Soria syriacaKuntze

Euclidium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae. [1] It includes a single species, Euclidium syriacum, a white-flowered annual herb native to Eurasia. It ranges from southeastern Europe to Ukraine and European Russia, the Caucasus, western and Central Asia, the western Himalayas, Xinjiang, and Mongolia. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Euclidium W.T.Aiton". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Euclidium syriacum (L.) W.T.Aiton". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 27 September 2025.