Pachymitus

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Pachymitus
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Pachymitus cardaminoides at Terrick Terrick National Park
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Pachymitus
O.E.Schulz
Species:
P. cardaminoides
Binomial name
Pachymitus cardaminoides
(F.Muell.) O.E.Schulz [1]
Synonyms
  • Blennodia cardaminoides(F.Muell.) Benth.
  • Blennodia lucae(F.Muell.) Maiden & Betche
  • Erysimum lucaeF.Muell.
  • Pachymitus lucae(F.Muell.) O.E.Schulz
  • Sisymbrium cardaminoidesF.Muell.
  • Sisymbrium lucae(F.Muell.) F.Muell.

Pachymitus is a monotypic plant genus in the mustard family Brassicaceae. The sole species is Pachymitus cardaminoides, commonly known as sand cress, which is native to Australia. [2] [3] It occurs in the states of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. [2]

Originally collected from near the mouth of the Murray River, the species was originally described as Sisymbrium cardaminoides by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1855, [4] before the genus Pachymitus was erected by Otto Eugen Schulz in 1924. [1]

Pachymitus cardaminoides is a small herbaceous shrub which grows to 30 cm (12 in) in height. It is found in inland New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Pachymitus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 19 April 2011.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. 1 2 "Genus Pachymitus". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
  3. ↑ Wild Plants of Victoria (database). Viridans Biological Databases & Department of Sustainability and Environment. 2009.
  4. ↑ "Sisymbrium cardaminoides F.Muell". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  5. ↑ L. Retter & G. J. Harden. "New South Wales Flora Online: Pachymitus cardaminoides". Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia.
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