Farsetia

Farsetia
Farsetia aegyptia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Farsetia Turra (1765)
Synonyms [1]
CleomodendronPax

Farsetia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae. It includes 28 species native to northern, west-central, and Eastern Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Western Asia, Pakistan, and India. ^[1]

Species

There are 28 species assigned to this genus: ^[1]

• Farsetia aegyptia Turra
• Farsetia assadii Kavousi
• Farsetia burtoniae Oliv.
• Farsetia cornus-africani Jonsell
• Farsetia dhofarica Jonsell & A.G.Mill.
• Farsetia divaricata Jonsell
• Farsetia ellenbeckii Engl.
• Farsetia emarginata Jonsell
• Farsetia fruticans Jonsell & Thulin
• Farsetia heliophila Bunge ex Coss.
• Farsetia inconspicua A.G.Mill.
• Farsetia jacquemontii Hook.f. & Thomson
• Farsetia latifolia Jonsell & A.G.Mill.
• Farsetia linearis Decne. ex Boiss.
• Farsetia longisiliqua Decne.
• Farsetia longistyla Baker
• Farsetia macrantha Blatt. & Hallb.
• Farsetia nummularia Jonsell
• Farsetia occidentalis B.L.Burtt
• Farsetia pedicellata Jonsell
• Farsetia robecchiana Engl.
• Farsetia socotrana B.L.Burtt
• Farsetia somalensis (Pax) Engl. ex Gilg & Benedict
• Farsetia spinulosa Jonsell
• Farsetia stenoptera Hochst.
• Farsetia stylosa R.Br.
• Farsetia tenuisiliqua Jonsell
• Farsetia undulicarpa Jonsell

References

1. "Farsetia Turra". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 27 September 2025.

Further reading

• "Farsetia Turra". African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved 2008-05-03.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
• UniProt. "Genus Farsetia" . Retrieved 2008-05-03.
• Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (2006-03-31). "Genus: Farsetia Turra". Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Archived from the original on 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
• Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. "NCU-3e. Names in current use for extant plant genera". Euro+Med PlantBase. Freie Universität Berlin . Retrieved 2008-05-03.