Brassicaceae

Matthiola W.T.Aiton

First published in Hortus Kew., ed. 2. 4: 119 (1812), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Europe to S. Central Siberia and Himalaya, Macaronesia to Arabian Peninsula, NE. Tropical & S. Africa.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Central European Russia, Corse, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Free State, Great Britain, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Libya, Madeira, Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Somalia, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Western Sahara, Xinjiang

Introduced into:

Alberta, Argentina South, Arizona, Azores, Bermuda, Bolivia, California, Caroline Is., Chile North, Colombia, Czechia-Slovakia, Ecuador, Germany, Illinois, Juan Fernández Is., Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, Norfolk Is., Ontario, Peru, Primorye, Romania, Saskatchewan, South Australia, Tasmania, Texas, Victoria, Western Australia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by B. Jonsell [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Conti in Mém. Herb. Boiss. 18: 1–88 (1900), nom. conserv.
  • in Ait., Hort. Kew., ed. 2, 4: 119 (1812)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2016 Gaillardot, C. [1529] Syria K000693479 Type Yes
Nov 1, 2016 Aucher- Eloy [4068 A] Iran K000618622 Syntype Yes
Nov 1, 2016 Szovits [171] Armenia K000618623 Isolectotype Yes
Nov 1, 2016 Kralik, L. [s.n.] Egypt K000618626 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K000693476 Unknown Type Material Yes
Haussknecht, C. [s.n.] Greece K005235379 Yes
Rico, L.; et al. [1847] Tunisia K000296018 No
Rechinger, K.H. [19054] Afghanistan K000693506 Type Yes
Archibald, J.C. [2927] Iran K001622721 Yes
Karelin, G.S. [s.n.] K000693508 Unknown Type Material Yes
Noë [s.n.] K005235380 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • 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