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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Draba (whitlow-grasses)

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

About 300 species, native to north temperate and boreal regions and also to South American mountains. Three species are cultivated in southern Africa.

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Draba aizoides

Native to Europe.

 

Draba aurea

Native to the Arctic.

 

Draba stellata

Native to central Europe.