Smelowskia

Smelowskia
Smelowskia calycina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Smelowskia C.A.Mey. [1]
Species
See text
Synonyms [2]
ChrysanthemopsisRech.f. ErmaniaCham., Linnaea ErmaniaCham. ex Botsch., GorodkoviaBotsch. & Karav. HediniopsisBotsch. & V.V.Petrovsky RedowskiaCham. & Schltdl.</sma SinosophiopsisAl-Shehbaz SophiopsisO.E.Schulz

Smelowskia, sometimes called false candytufts, is a genus of flowering plants in the crucifer family Brassicaceae, ^[3] native to mountains and arctic regions of Asia and western North America. They may or may not be of Beringian origin. ^[4]

Species

Currently accepted species include: ^[2]

• Smelowskia alba (Pall.) Regel
• Smelowskia altaica (Pobed.) Botsch.
• Smelowskia americana Rydb.
• Smelowskia annua Rupr.
• Smelowskia bartholomewii (Al-Shehbaz) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick
• Smelowskia bifurcata (Turcz. ex Ledeb.) Botsch.
• Smelowskia borealis (Greene) W.H.Drury & Rollins
• Smelowskia calycina (Stephan ex Willd.) C.A.Mey.
• Smelowskia czukotica (Botsch. & V.V.Petrovsky) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick
• Smelowskia flavissima Kar. & Kir.
• Smelowskia furcata (Al-Shehbaz) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick
• Smelowskia heishuiensis (W.T.Wang) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick
• Smelowskia inopinata (Kom.) Kom.
• Smelowskia jacutica (Botsch. & Karav.) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick
• Smelowskia johnsonii G.A.Mulligan
• Smelowskia media (W.H.Drury & Rollins) E.M.Velichkin
• Smelowskia micrantha (Botsch. & Vved.) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick
• Smelowskia mongolica Kom.
• Smelowskia ovalis M.E.Jones
• Smelowskia parryoides (Cham.) Polunin
• Smelowskia pectinata (Bunge) E.M.Velichkin
• Smelowskia porsildii (W.H.Drury & Rollins) Jurtzev
• Smelowskia pyriformis W.H.Drury & Rollins
• Smelowskia sisymbrioides (Regel & Herder) Paulsen
• Smelowskia sophiifolia (Cham. & Schltdl.) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick

Smelowskia borealis on the slopes of Denali

References

1. C.F.von Ledebour, Fl. Altaic. 3: 165 (1831)
2. "Smelowskia C.A.Mey. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
3. Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A.; Warwick, Suzanne I. (July 2006). "A Synopsis of Smelowskia (Brassicaceae)". Harvard Papers in Botany. 11 (1): 91–99. doi:10.3100/1043-4534(2006)11[91:ASOSB]2.0.CO;2.
4. Carlsen, Tor; Elven, Reidar; Brochmann, Christian (2010). "The evolutionary history of Beringian Smelowskia (Brassicaceae) inferred from combined microsatellite and DNA sequence data". Taxon. 59 (2): 427–438. doi:10.1002/tax.592008.