List of Arabis species

List of plant species in the genus Arabis . The genus contains nearly 100 accepted species, spread across North America, Europe, temperate Asia, North Africa, and the mountains of central Africa. ^[1] Many species previously included in Arabis have since been moved to other genera such as Altriarabis , Arabidopsis , Boechera , and Scapiarabis .

Key

Name	The binomial name of the Arabis species. A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a different genus. A suggested English common name, if present, is listed inside parentheses.
Author	The author citation—the person who first described the species using an available scientific name, eventually combined with the one who placed it in Arabis, and using standardized abbreviations.
Year	The year in which the species was named, or transferred to the genus Arabis.
Distribution	The distribution of the species.

Species

99 species are accepted. ^[1]

Species name	Author	Year	Distribution	Image
Arabis aculeolata Waldo rockcress	Greene	1910	southern Oregon
Arabis adpressipilis	(M.Hopkins) Al-Shehbaz	2017	southeastern Canada and northern and central United States
Arabis alanyensis	H.Duman	2001	Turkey
Arabis allionii	DC.	1805	southern European mountains, Ukraine and Crimea, and southern Turkey
Arabis alpina Alpine rockcress	L.	1753	northern and central Europe to western Siberia, Greenland and northeastern Canada, Turkey and Syria, mountains of eastern Africa
Arabis androsacea	Fenzl	1842	Turkey (Konya and Nigde)
Arabis armena Armenian rockcress	N.Busch		Armenia
Arabis aubrietioides	Boiss.	1867	Turkey
Arabis aucheri	Boiss.	1842	Turkey, Levant, Iraq, and north-central Iran
Arabis auriculata	Lam.	1783	Europe, North Africa, and western and Central Asia to the western Himalayas and Xinjiang
Arabis beirana	P.Silveira, J.Paiva & N.Marcos Samaniego	2001	Central Portugal
Arabis bellidifolia	Crantz	1762	Alps
Arabis bijuga	Watt	1881	northern Pakistan and western Himalayas and south-central China
Arabis blepharophylla Coast rockcress	Hook. & Arn.	1838	California
Arabis brachycarpa	Rupr.	1869	northeastern Turkey and Transcaucasus
Arabis bryoides	Boiss.	1842	Albania, Greece, and former Yugoslavia
Arabis caerulea	All.	1773	Alps
Arabis carduchorum	Boiss.	1867	eastern Turkey and northwestern Iran
Arabis caucasica (Previously Arabis alpina subsp. caucasica) Garden Arabis	Willd.	1814	northwestern Africa, southeastern Europe, western Asia, western Arabian Peninsula, and Caucasus
Arabis ciliata	Clairv.	1811	Central European mountains and Pyrenees
Arabis colchica	Kolak.	1953	western and west-central Transcaucasus
Arabis collina Rosy cress	Ten.	1811	southern and south-central Europe
Arabis cretica	Boiss. & Heldr.	1849	Crete
Arabis crucisetosa Wetsoil rockcress	Constance & Rollins	1936	northwestern United States
Arabis cypria	Holmboe	1914	Cyprus
Arabis davisii	H.Duman & A.Duran	2001	Turkey
Arabis deflexa	Boiss.	1867	Turkey
Arabis doberanica	Parsa	1946	north-central Iran
Arabis dolichothrix	(N.Busch) N.Busch	1939	Transcaucasus
Arabis doumetii	Coss.	1882	Algeria
Arabis drabiformis	Boiss.	1842	Turkey
Arabis elgonensis	Al-Sehbaz	2007	Uganda and Kenya
Arabis engleriana	Muschl.	1907	Egypt
Arabis erecta	Y.Y.Kim & C.G.Jang	2016	Korea
Arabis erikii	Mutlu	2004	Anatolia
Arabis erubescens	Ball	1873	North Africa
Arabis eschscholtziana Eschscholtz's hairy rockcress	Andrz. ex Ledeb.	1831	Alaska, western Canada, and Western United States
Arabis farinacea	Rupr.	1869	Caucasus
Arabis flagellosa	Miq.	1865	Southeastern China, Japan, and Ryukyu Islands
Arabis flaviflora	Bunge	1858	Caucasus
Arabis furcata Columbia Gorge rockcress	S.Watson	1882	Oregon and Washington
Arabis gegamica	Mtshkvet.	1975	Transcaucasus
Arabis georgiana Georgia rockcress	R.M.Harper	1903	southeastern United States
Arabis hirsuta Hairy rockcress	(L.) Scop.	1771	temperate Eurasia and northwestern Africa
Arabis hornungiana	Schur	1866	Carpathians and northern Balkan Peninsula
Arabis huetii	Trautv.	1873	Caucasus
Arabis ionocalyx	Boiss. & Heldr.	1849	southern Turkey, western Syria, and Turkmenistan
Arabis juressi	Rothm.	1940	northern Portugal (Serra do Gerês)
Arabis kashmiriaca	Naqshi	1984	western Himalaya
Arabis kaynakiae	Daşkın	2013	Turkey
Arabis kazbegi Kazbegian rockcress	Mtzchvet.	1975	Georgia
Arabis kennedyae Troodos rockcress	Meikle	1962	western Cyprus
Arabis korolkowii	Regel & Schmalh.	1877	Turkmenistan
Arabis lycia	Parolly & P.Hein	2000	Turkey
Arabis margaritae	Talavera	1992	Spain
Arabis mcdonaldiana McDonald's rockcress	Eastw.	1903	southern Oregon and northwestern California
Arabis modesta Rogue Canyon rockcress	Rollins	1941	southern Oregon and northern California
Arabis mollis	Steven	1812	eastern Turkey and northwestern Iran
Arabis montbretiana	Boiss.	1842	Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, eastern Turkey, and Uzbekistan
Arabis × murrii (A. ciliata × A. hirsuta)	Kehk ex Murr	1891	Austria
Arabis nemorensis	(J.F.Wolff ex Hoffm.) W.D.J.Koch	1830	Europe and Caucasus
Arabis nepetifolia	Boiss.	1867	northern Iran and southern Transcaucasus
Arabis nordmanniana	(Rupr.) Rupr.	1869	Caucasus
Arabis nova	Vill.	1779	European mountains and Morocco
Arabis nuristanica	Kitam.	1958	eastern Afghanistan
Arabis nuttallii Nuttall's rockcress	(Kuntze) B.L.Rob.	(1891) 1895	western Canada and northwestern and western United States
Arabis olympica	Piper	1913	Washington
Arabis oregana Oregon rockcress	Rollins	1941	southwestern Oregon and northern California
Arabis ottonis-schulzii	Bornm. & Gauba	1935	central Iran
Arabis × palezieuxii (A. alpina × A. hirsuta)	Beauverd	1913	France and Switzerland
Arabis paniculata	Franch.	1889	western Himalayas to central China
Arabis parvula	Dufour ex DC.	1821	northwestern Africa and central and southern Spain
Arabis patens	Sull.	1819	east-central United States
Arabis piluchiensis	S.S.Ying	2022	Taiwan
Arabis planisiliqua	(Pers.) Rchb.	1837	southern and east-central Europe to western Siberia, the Caucasus, and Iran
Arabis procurrens Spreading rockcress, Running rockcress	Waldst. & Kit.	1803	southeastern Europe
Arabis pubescens	(Desf.) Poir.	1811	northwestern Africa
Arabis purpurea	Sm.	1813	Cyprus (Troödos Mountains)
Arabis pycnocarpa Creamflower rockcress, slender rockcress	M.Hopkins	1937	Canada and western, northern, and eastern United States
Arabis quinqueloba	O.E.Schulz	1927	western Himalaya
Arabis rosea	DC.	1821	Greece, Italy, and Sicily
Arabis sagittata	(Bertol.) DC.	1815	southern, central, and eastern Europe, Algeria, Siberia, Western Asia, north-central china, and Russian Far East
Arabis scabra Bristol rockcress	All.	1785	Europe
Arabis scopoliana	Boiss.	1842	Albania and former Yugoslavia
Arabis serpyllifolia	Vill.	1779	Pyrenees, Jura, Alps, Dinaric Mountains
Arabis serrata	Franch. & Sav.	1875	China (Anhui), Japan, Korea, Sakhalin, Taiwan
Arabis shengkuangshanensis	S.S.Ying	2022	Taiwan
Arabis soyeri	Reut. & A.L.P.Huet	1853	European mountains
Arabis stelleri	DC.	1821	Japan, Korea, and Russian Far East
Arabis stellulata	Desv. & Berthel.	1813	Alps and central Italy
Arabis stenocarpa	Boiss. & Reut.	1842	Iberian Peninsula
Arabis subdecumbens	Emb. & Maire	1931	Morocco
Arabis subflava	B.M.G.Jones	1964	southern Greece
Arabis sudetica	Tausch	1836	east-central and southeastern Europe and Turkey
Arabis taihumilis	S.S.Ying	1903	Taiwan
Arabis tanakana	Makino	1903	Japan (Honshu: Mt. Shirane and Mt. Shirouma)
Arabis tianschanica	Pavlov	1954	Tajikistan
Arabis tunetana	Murb.	1905	Tunisia
Arabis verdieri	Quézel	1972	Morocco
Arabis verna	(L.) W.T.Aiton	1812	Mediterranean shore
Arabis watsonii	(P.H.Davis) F.K.Mey.	2006	southeastern Turkey

Artificial hybrid and unplaced species

Species name	Parent species	Author	Year	Distribution	Image
Arabis × arendsii artificial hybrid	A. caucasica x A. aubrietioides	H.R.Wehrh.	1931	North Europe & United States
Arabis × digenea unplaced	A. procurrens x A. scopoliana	Fritsch	1895	Sweden
Arabis × kellereri unplaced	A. bryoides x A. ferdinandi-coburgii	Sund.	1925	United States

Formerly placed here

• Altriarabis amplexicaulis (Edgew.) Y.Z.Zhao (as Arabis amplexicaulisEdgew.)
• Altriarabis pterosperma (Edgew.) Y.Z.Zhao (as Arabis pterospermaEdgew.)
• Arabidopsis halleri (L.) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz (as Arabis halleriL.)
• Arabidopsis lyrata (L.) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz (as Arabis lyrataL.)
• Barbamine sachokiana (N.Busch) A.P.Khokhr. (as Arabis sachokiana(N.Busch) N.Busch)
• Catolobus pendulus (L.) Al-Shehbaz (as Arabis pendulusL.)
• Crucihimalaya rupicola (Krylov) A.L.Ebel & D.A.German (as Arabis rupicolaKrylov)
• Crucihimalaya tenuisiliqua (Rech.f. & Köie) Al-Shehbaz, D.A.German & M.Koch (as Arabis tenuisiliquaRech.f. & Koie)
• Crucihimalaya tibetica (Hook.f. & Thomson) Al-Shehbaz, D.A.German & M.Koch (as Arabis tibeticaHook.f. & Thomson)
• Draba rimarum (Rech.f.) Khosravi & Eslami-Farouji (as Arabis rimarumRech.f.)
• Hurkaea conringioides (Ball) Al-Shehbaz, M.Koch, R.Karl & D.A.German (as Arabis conringioidesBall)
• Hurkaea josiae (Jahand. & Maire) Al-Shehbaz, M.Koch, R.Karl & D.A.German (as Arabis josiaeJahand. & Maire)
• Olimarabidopsis pumila (Stephan) Al-Shehbaz, O'Kane & R.A.Price (as Arabis foliosaRoyle ex Hook.f. & Thomson)
• Parryodes axilliflora Jafri (as Arabis axilliflora(Jafri) H.Hara)
• Scapiarabis ariana (Hedge) M.Koch, R.Karl, D.A.German & Al-Shehbaz (as Arabis arianaHedge)
• Scapiarabis karategina (Lipsky) M.Koch, R.Karl, D.A.German & Al-Shehbaz (as Arabis karateginaLipsky)
• Scapiarabis popovii (Botsch. & Vved.) M.Koch, R.Karl, D.A.German & Al-Shehbaz (as Arabis popoviiBotsch. & Vved.)
• Scapiarabis saxicola (Edgew.) M.Koch, R.Karl, D.A.German & Al-Shehbaz (as Arabis saxicolaEdgew.)
• Sinoarabis setosifolia (Al-Shehbaz) R.Karl, D.A.German, M.Koch & Al-Shehbaz (as Arabis setosifoliaAl-Shehbaz)
• Turritis glabra L. (as Arabis glabra(L.) Bernh.)

See also

• Lists of plant species

References

1. "Arabis L." Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 1 August 2025.

External links

• Arabis genus at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility