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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Erysimum (wallflowers)

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 225 species, native to southwestern Asia, the Mediterranean, Europe, Macronesia, North America and Central America as far south as Costa Rica. Three species are cultivated in southern Africa.

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Erysimum alpinum

Native to Europe.

 

Erysimum repandum

Native to Europe.

 

Erysimum cheiri (Aegean wallflower)

[= Cheiranthus cheiri]

Native to Europe. See Wikipedia

 

Links

Publications

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