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Brassicaceae

Malcolmia

Malcolmia pygmaea (DC.) Boiss.

First published in Fl. Orient. 1: 222 (1867)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is E. Medit. to S. Iran and Arabian Peninsula. It is an annual and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

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Native to:

Egypt, Iran, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai

Homotypic Synonyms

Hesperis pygmaea DC. in Syst. Nat. 2: 454 (1821)
Maresia pygmaea (DC.) O.E.Schulz in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 105(86): 210 (1924)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Hesperis pygmaea Delile in Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. 2(Mém.): 67 (1813), nom. nud.
Sisymbrium delilei Coss. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 27: 71 (1880)

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Boulos, L. (1999). Flora of Egypt 1: 1-419. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 1-449. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.

Kew Backbone Distributions

Boulos, L. (1999). Flora of Egypt 1: 1-419. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Hedge, J. & Rechinger, K.H. (1968). Flora Iranica 57: 1-372. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Science Photographs
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