Phlebolobium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Brassicales |
Family: | Brassicaceae |
Genus: | Phlebolobium O. E. Schulz |
Species: | P. maclovianum |
Binomial name | |
Phlebolobium maclovianum | |
Phlebolobium maclovianum, known as Falkland rock-cress, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is endemic to the Falkland Islands, and is the only species in the genus Phlebolobium. [2]
The Brassicales are an order of flowering plants, belonging to the eurosids II group of dicotyledons under the APG II system. One character common to many members of the order is the production of glucosinolate compounds. Most systems of classification have included this order, although sometimes under the name Capparales.
Brassicaceae or Cruciferae is a medium-sized and economically important family of flowering plants commonly known as the mustards, the crucifers, or the cabbage family. Most are herbaceous plants, some shrubs, with simple, although sometimes deeply incised, alternatingly set leaves without stipules or in leaf rosettes, with terminal inflorescences without bracts, containing flowers with four free sepals, four free alternating petals, two short and four longer free stamens, and a fruit with seeds in rows, divided by a thin wall.
Watercress or yellowcress is a species of aquatic flowering plant in the cabbage family Brassicaceae. Its botanical name is Nasturtium officinale.
Erigeron incertus, the hairy daisy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in Falkland Islands. Its natural habitat is temperate shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Aethionema retsina is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is found only in Greece. Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation and rocky shores. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Cardamine lojanensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Diplotaxis siettiana, known in Spanish as jaramago de Alborán, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is endemic to Alborán Island in the western Mediterranean Sea, where it grows only around the helipad. The natural population became extinct in 1974, but was re-introduced in 1999. Its natural habitat is Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Erucastrum rostratum is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is found only in Yemen. Its natural habitat is rocky areas.
Erysimum kykkoticum is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is endemic to the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation and rocky areas. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Eudema nubigena is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitat is rocky areas. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Farsetia inconspicua is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is found only in Yemen. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and rocky areas.
Farsetia socotrana is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is found only in Yemen. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Lachnocapsa spathulata is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, and the only species in the genus Lachnocaspa. It is found only on Socotra, Yemen. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and rocky areas.
Hemicrambe socotrana is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is found only on "an inhospitable and windswept ridge at the western end of Soqotra", Yemen. It is listed as an endangered species on the IUCN Red List.
Draba obovata is a species of plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland and rocky areas. It is an IUCN Red List Near threatened species, threatened by habitat loss.
Nastanthus falklandicus, also called false-plantain, is a species of plant in the Calyceraceae family. It is endemic to Falkland Islands. Its natural habitat is rocky shores.
Diplotaxis gracilis is a species of wall rockets that belong to the family Brassicaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde and is listed as endangered by the IUCN. The plant was named by Otto Eugen Schulz in 1916. The local name of the plant is mostarda-brabo.
Diplotaxis hirta is a species of flowering plants of the family Brassicaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde. It is listed as an endangered plant by the IUCN.
Diplotaxis sundingii is a species of flowering plants of the family Brassicaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde. It is listed as a critically endangered plant by the IUCN.
Diplotaxis varia is a species of flowering plants of the family Brassicaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde. It is listed as an endangered plant by the IUCN.
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