Turritis

Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Turritis

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Brassicales
Family:  | Brassicaceae
Genus:  | Turritis

Species

* Turritis glabra L.
* (Sm.) Hayek Turritis laxa

Turritis (commonly known as towercress or tower mustard)[1] is a plant genus in the family Brassicaceae. It contains the following two species:[2][3]

* Turritis glabra L. (tower rockcress)
* Turritis laxa (Sm.) Hayek

Various other species have formerly been included in Turritis. The following list of synonyms is from BrassiBase version 1.3:[2]

* Turritis alpina L. → Arabis ciliata
* Turritis auriculata (Lam.) Fourr. → Arabis auriculata
* Turritis brachycarpa Torr. & A. Gray → Boechera grahamii
* Turritis brassica Leers → Fourraea alpina
* Turritis caerulea (All.) All. → Arabis caerulea
* Turritis chilensis Phil. ex Reiche → Rorippa coxii
* Turritis ciliata Reynier → Arabis ciliata
* Turritis dregeana Sond. → Turritis glabra
* Turritis drummondii (A. Gray) Lunell → Boechera angustifolia
* Turritis falcata Turcz. → Boechera falcata
* Turritis gerardii Besser → Arabis nemorensis
* Turritis grahamii Lehmann → Boechera grahamii
* Turritis hirsuta L. → Arabis hirsuta
* Turritis hispidula DC. → Exhalimolobos hispidulus
* Turritis laevigata Muhl. ex Wiild. → Borodinia laevigata
* Turritis lasiophylla Hook. & Arn. → Streptanthus lasiophyllus
* Turritis loeselii (L.) W.T. Aiton → Sisymbrium loeselii
* Turritis macrocarpa Nutt. → Turritis glabra
* Turritis mollis Hook. → Crucihimalaya bursifolia
* Turritis nemorensis Wolf ex Hoffm. → Arabis nemorensis
* Turritis nova (Vill.) Chaix → Arabis nova subsp. nova
* Turritis ochroleuca Lam. → Pseudoturritis turrita
* Turritis patula Ehrh. → Arabis auriculata
* Turritis patula Graham → Boechera grahamii
* Turritis pauciflora Grimm → Fourraea alpina
* Turritis planisiliqua Pers. → Arabis planisiliqua
* Turritis praecox Sm. → Arabis planisiliqua
* Turritis pseudoturritis (Boiss. & Heldr.) Velen. → Turritis glabra
* Turritis pubescens Desf. → Arabis pubescens subsp. pubescens
* Turritis purpurea Lam. → Arabis verna
* Turritis retrofracta (Graham) Hook. → Boechera retrofracta
* Turritis sagittata Bertol. → Arabis sagittata
* Turritis salsuginea (Pall.) DC. → Eutrema salsugineum
* Turritis setosa Lapeyr. → Coincya monensis subsp. cheiranthos
* Turritis spathulata Nutt. → Arabis eschscholtziana
* Turritis stricta All. → Arabis allionii
* Turritis stricta Graham → Boechera angustifolia
* Turritis stricta Host → Turritis glabra

## References

1. ↑ "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Report: Turritis L.". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=822950.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Turritis L.". BrassiBase 1.3. https://brassibase.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/?action=search&subaction=tax&param1=turritis.
3. ↑ "[Turritis"]. Update on the Brassicaceae Species Checklist in COL. 2021. https://data.catalogueoflife.org/dataset/2305/taxon/x399. The entire dataset is at doi:10.48580/d4tm-4rj

## External links

* Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A.. "Turritis Linnaeus". Flora of North America. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=134019.

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