Brassicaceae

Cochlearia L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 647 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. Eurasia, Subarctic America to N. California.

Distribution

Native to:

Alaska, Aleutian Is., Austria, Baltic States, Belgium, British Columbia, California, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Netherlands, Newfoundland, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Oregon, Poland, Portugal, Québec, Romania, Sakhalin, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkey, Ukraine, Washington, West Siberia, Yakutiya, Yukon

Introduced into:

Argentina South, Falkland Is., Hungary, Italy

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Other Data

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Sources

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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