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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Arabis (rockcresses)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid II > Order: Brassicales > Family: Brassicaceae

Six species cultivated in southern Africa.

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Arabis alpina (Alpine rockcress)

Native to Europe, western Asia and Canada. See Wikipedia

 

Arabis aubretioides

Native to Turkey.

 

Arabis ferdinandi-coburgii

Native to Bulgaria.

 

Arabis planisiliqua

Native to Europe.

 

Arabis procurrens

Native from Slovenia to Bulgaria.

 

Arabis turrita

Native to central and southern Europe.

 

Links

Publications

  • Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.