Brassicaceae
Alyssum

Alyssum montanum L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 650 (1753), nom. cons.
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is France to SW. Germany. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

France, Germany, Switzerland

Introduced into:

Great Britain

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Berry, M. (2021). Adventives and aliens news 23. BSBI News 147: 40-47.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1993). Flora Europaea ed. 2, 1: 1-581. Cambridge University Press.
  • Zozomová-Lihová, J., Marhold, K. & Španiel, S. (2014). Taxonomy and evolutionary history of Alyssum montanum (Brassicaceae) and related taxa in southwestern Europe and Morocco: Diversification driven by polyploidy, geographic and ecological isolation. Taxon 63: 562-591.
  • Španiel, S., Marhold, K., Thiv, M. & Zozomová-Lihová, J. (2012). A new circumscription of Alyssum montanum ssp. montanum and A. montanum ssp. gmelinii (Brassicaceae) in Central Europe: molecular and morphological evidence. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 169: 378-402.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Berry, M. (2021). Adventives and aliens news 23. BSBI News 147: 40-47.
  • Zozomová-Lihová, J., Marhold, K. & Španiel, S. (2014). Taxonomy and evolutionary history of Alyssum montanum (Brassicaceae) and related taxa in southwestern Europe and Morocco: Diversification driven by polyploidy, geographic and ecological isolation. Taxon 63: 562-591.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1962 s.coll. [s.n.] France K000484569 Type Yes
Sep 1, 1961 Aucher-Eloy [276] Greece K000484576 Type Yes
Braithwaite, A.F. [s.n.] Slovenia K001634861 Yes
Sintenis, P. [219] Greece K000484573 Type Yes
Orphanides, T.G. [647] Greece K000484572 Type Yes
Orphanides, T.G. [647] Greece K000484571 Isotype Yes
Samuelsson, G. [7159] Morocco K000230473 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K000484574 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Greece K000484575 Unknown Type Material Yes
Baldacci, A. [100] YU K000484570 Isotype Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images