Turritis

Turritis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Turritis L.
Species
Turritis glabra L. Turritis laxa (Sm.) Hayek

Turritis (commonly known as towercress or tower mustard)^[1] is a plant genus in the family Brassicaceae. It contains the following two species:^[2][3]

• Turritis glabra L. (tower rockcress)
• Turritis laxa (Sm.) Hayek

Various other species have formerly been included in Turritis. The following list of synonyms is from BrassiBase version 1.3:^[2]

• Turritis alpina L. → Arabis ciliata
• Turritis auriculata (Lam.) Fourr. → Arabis auriculata
• Turritis brachycarpa Torr. & A. Gray → Boechera grahamii
• Turritis brassica Leers → Fourraea alpina
• Turritis caerulea (All.) All. → Arabis caerulea
• Turritis chilensis Phil. ex Reiche → Rorippa coxii
• Turritis ciliata Reynier → Arabis ciliata
• Turritis dregeana Sond. → Turritis glabra
• Turritis drummondii (A. Gray) Lunell → Boechera angustifolia
• Turritis falcata Turcz. → Boechera falcata
• Turritis gerardii Besser → Arabis nemorensis
• Turritis grahamii Lehmann → Boechera grahamii
• Turritis hirsuta L. → Arabis hirsuta
• Turritis hispidula DC. → Exhalimolobos hispidulus
• Turritis laevigata Muhl. ex Wiild. → Borodinia laevigata
• Turritis lasiophylla Hook. & Arn. → Streptanthus lasiophyllus
• Turritis loeselii (L.) W.T. Aiton → Sisymbrium loeselii
• Turritis macrocarpa Nutt. → Turritis glabra
• Turritis mollis Hook. → Crucihimalaya bursifolia
• Turritis nemorensis Wolf ex Hoffm. → Arabis nemorensis
• Turritis nova (Vill.) Chaix → Arabis nova subsp. nova
• Turritis ochroleuca Lam. → Pseudoturritis turrita
• Turritis patula Ehrh. → Arabis auriculata
• Turritis patula Graham → Boechera grahamii
• Turritis pauciflora Grimm → Fourraea alpina
• Turritis planisiliqua Pers. → Arabis planisiliqua
• Turritis praecox Sm. → Arabis planisiliqua
• Turritis pseudoturritis (Boiss. & Heldr.) Velen. → Turritis glabra
• Turritis pubescens Desf. → Arabis pubescens subsp. pubescens
• Turritis purpurea Lam. → Arabis verna
• Turritis retrofracta (Graham) Hook. → Boechera retrofracta
• Turritis sagittata Bertol. → Arabis sagittata
• Turritis salsuginea (Pall.) DC. → Eutrema salsugineum
• Turritis setosa Lapeyr. → Coincya monensis subsp. cheiranthos
• Turritis spathulata Nutt. → Arabis eschscholtziana
• Turritis stricta All. → Arabis allionii
• Turritis stricta Graham → Boechera angustifolia
• Turritis stricta Host → Turritis glabra

References

External links

• Media related to Turritis at Wikimedia Commons
• Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. "Turritis Linnaeus". Flora of North America.