Brassicaceae

Matthiola W.T.Aiton

First published in Hortus Kew. 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 Rus, Corse, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Free State, Great Britain, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Libya, Madeira, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Somalia, South European Russi, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Western Sahara, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia

Extinct in:

Ireland

Introduced into:

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

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

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:

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

  • 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