Phyllolepidum

Phyllolepidum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Phyllolepidum Trinajstić
Species:	P. cyclocarpum
Binomial name
Phyllolepidum cyclocarpum (Boiss.) L.Cecchi
Subspecies [1]
Phyllolepidum cyclocarpum subsp. cyclocarpum Phyllolepidum cyclocarpum subsp. pindicum(Hartvig) L.Cecchi
Synonyms [1]
LepidophyllumTrinajstić Aurinia cyclocarpa(Boiss.) Czerep. Aurinia rupestris subsp. cyclocarpa(Boiss.) Cullen & T.R.Dudley Ptilotrichum cyclocarpumBoiss.

Phyllolepidum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae, native to Italy, the Balkans and Turkey. It includes either a single species, Phyllolepidum cyclocarpum, a subshrub with two subspecies, ^[2] or two separate species, P. cyclocarpum and P. rupestre. ^[3]

The species has a disjunct distribution in the Maiella massif and nearby mountains of the Central Apennines of Italy, in the mountains of North Macedonia, southern Albania, northern and central Greece, and in the Taurus Mountains of Anatolia and Turkish Kurdistan ^[4]

Subspecies

Plants of the World Online accepts two subspecies. ^[1]

• Phyllolepidum cyclocarpum subsp. cyclocarpum – southwestern Serbia to Albania, Greece, and Turkey ^[5]
• Phyllolepidum cyclocarpum subsp. pindicum(Hartvig) L.Cecchi (synonym Ptilotrichum rupestre(Sweet) Boiss.) – central Italy, former Yugoslavia, Albania, and Greece

References

1. "Phyllolepidum cyclocarpum (Boiss.) L.Cecchi". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 4 October 2025.
2. "Phyllolepidum Trinajstić". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
3. "Alysseae/Phyllolepidum". BrassiBase. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
4. Cecchi, L (2011). "A reappraisal of Phyllolepidum (Brassicaceae), a neglected genus of the European flora, and its relationships in tribe Alysseae". Plant Biosystems. 145 (4): 818–31. Bibcode:2011PBios.145..818C. doi:10.1080/11263504.2011.580789.
5. "Phyllolepidum cyclocarpum subsp. cyclocarpum". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 4 October 2025.