Aethionema

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Brassicales

Familia: Brassicaceae
Tribus: Aethionemeae
Genus: Aethionema
Species: A. acarii – A. adiyamanense – A. alanyae – A. arabicum – A. armenum – A. capitatum – A. carlsbergii – A. carneum – A. cephalanthum – A. cordatum – A. coridifolium – A. demirizii – A. diastrophis – A. dumanii – A. edentulum – A. erinaceum – A. eunomioides – A. fimbriatum – A. froedinii – A. fruticulosum – A. gileadense – A. glaucinum – A. grandiflorum – A. heterocarpum – A. heterophyllum – A. huber-morathii – A. karamanicum – A. kopetdaghi – A. lepidioides – A. levandowskyi – A. lycium – A. marashicum – A. membranaceum – A. munzurense – A. orbiculatum – A. papillosum – A. retsina – A. rhodopaeum – A. sabzevaricum – A. sancakense – A. saxatile – A. schistosum – A. semnanense – A. speciosum – A. spicatum – A. stenopterum – A. stylosum – A. subulatum – A. syriacum – A. thesiifolium – A. thomasianum – A. transhyrcanum – A. trinervium – A. turcicum – A. umbellatum – A. virgatum
Name

Aethionema R.Br. in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. ed. 2, 4: 80 (1812).

Type species: A. saxatile (L.) R.Br.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Acanthocardamum Thell., Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 51: 211 (1906).
Campyloptera Boiss., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 17: 194 (1841).
Crenularia Boiss., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 17: 181 (1842).
Diastrophis Fisch. & C.A.Mey., Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 2: 35 (1836).
Disynoma Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 81 (1837).
Iondra Raf., Autik. Bot.: 11 (1840).
Lipophragma Schott & Kotschy ex Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 5: 42 (1856).
Moriera Boiss., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 16: 380 (1841)

References
Primary references

Aiton, W.T. 1812. Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. 2nd Edn., Vol. IV. iii + 532 pp., Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London. BHL. Reference page.

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2019. Aethionema. Published online. Accessed: June 2 2019.
Koch, M.A. et al. 2019. Aethionema in BrassiBase Tools and biological resources to study characters and traits in the Brassicaceae. Published online. Accessed: 2019 June 2.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Steintäschel
English: Stonecresses
suomi: Kalliolitukit

Aethionema is a genus of flowering plants within the family Brassicaceae. They are known as stonecresses. Stonecresses originate from sunny limestone mountainsides in Europe and West Asia, especially Turkey.

Aethionema have typically perennials, but may be annuals. Their leaves are ovate or linear.[2]

Etymology

The Latin name Aethionema derives from ancient Greek αἴθειν "to light up, kindle" + νῆμα "thread, yarn". The English name "stonecress" derives from its creeping habit and its favoured stony or rocky sites.[3]
Taxonomy

Aethionema is sister to the rest of the genera in the Brassicaceae. The two clades diverged some time during the Eocene.[2]

Species include:[1]

Aethionema alanyae H.Duman
Aethionema alidaghenicum Yild.
Aethionema annuum Yild.
Aethionema apetalum Yild. & Kiliç
Aethionema arabicum (L.) Andrz. ex DC.
Aethionema armenum Boiss.
Aethionema bingoelicum Yild. & Kiliç
Aethionema capitatum Boiss. & Balansa
Aethionema carlsbergii Strid & Papan.
Aethionema carneum (Banks & Sol.) B.Fedtsch.
Aethionema compactum (Hartvig & Å.Strid) Yild.
Aethionema cordatum (Desf.) Boiss.
Aethionema coridifolium DC. – Lebanon stonecress
Aethionema demirizii P.H.Davis & Hedge
Aethionema diastrophis Bunge
Aethionema dincii Yild.
Aethionema dumanii Vural & Adigüzel
Aethionema dumelicum Yild.
Aethionema edentulum N.Busch
Aethionema erinaceum (Boiss.) Khosravi & Mumm.
Aethionema ertughrulii Yild.
Aethionema erzincanum Kandemir & Aytaç
Aethionema eunomioides (Boiss.) Bornm.
Aethionema fimbriatum Boiss.
Aethionema froedinii Rech.f.
Aethionema gileadense Post
Aethionema glaucinum Greuter, Burdet, I.A.Andersson, Carlström, Franzén, Karlén & Nybom
Aethionema grandiflorum Boiss. & Hohen. – Persian stonecress
Aethionema heterocarpum J.Gay
Aethionema heterophyllum (Boiss. & Buhse) Boiss.
Aethionema huber-morathii P.H.Davis & Hedge
Aethionema karamanicum Ertugrul & Beyazoglu
Aethionema kilicii Yild.
Aethionema lepidioides Hub.-Mor.
Aethionema levandowskyi N.Busch
Aethionema lycium I.A.Andersson, Carlström, Franzén, Karlén & H.Nybom
Aethionema marashicum P.H.Davis
Aethionema membranaceum DC.
Aethionema munzurense P.H.Davis & Yild.
Aethionema orbiculatum (Boiss.) Hayek
Aethionema ozbekii Yild.
Aethionema papillosum P.H.Davis
Aethionema retsina Phitos & Snogerup
Aethionema rhodopaeum D.K.Pavlova
Aethionema sabzevaricum Khosravi & Joharchi
Aethionema saxatile (L.) W.T.Aiton
Aethionema schistosum Boiss. & Kotschy
Aethionema semnanensis Mozaff.
Aethionema speciosum Boiss. & A.Huet
Aethionema spicatum Post
Aethionema stylosum DC.
Aethionema subulatum (Boiss. & Heldr.) Boiss.
Aethionema syriacum (Boiss.) Bornm.
Aethionema thesiifolium Boiss. & Heldr.
Aethionema thomasianum J.Gay
Aethionema transhyrcanum (Czerniak.) N.Busch
Aethionema turanicum Yild.
Aethionema turcica H.Duman & Aytaç
Aethionema virgatum (Boiss.) Hedge
Aethionema yildirimlii Kiliç

Cultivation

Aethionema species are grown for their profuse racemes of cruciform flowers in shades of red, pink or white, usually produced in spring and early summer. A favoured location is the rock garden or wall crevice. They appreciate well-drained alkaline soil conditions, but can be short-lived.[4] The hybrid cultivar 'Warley Rose' is a subshrub with bright pink flowers. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[5][6]
References

"Aethionema R.Br". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
Mohammadin, Setareh; Peterse, Kim; Van De Kerke, Sara J.; Chatrou, Lars W.; Dönmez, Ali A.; Mummenhoff, Klaus; Pires, J. Chris; Edger, Patrick P.; Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A.; Schranz, M. Eric (2017). "Anatolian origins and diversification of Aethionema , the sister lineage of the core Brassicaceae". American Journal of Botany. 104 (7): 1042–1054. doi:10.3732/ajb.1700091. PMID 28743759.
Shorter Oxford English dictionary, 6th ed. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. 2007. p. 3804. ISBN 978-0199206872.
RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
"Aethionema 'Warley Rose' AGM". Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
"AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 3. Retrieved 27 September 2019.