Aurinia

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: Alysseae
Genus: Aurinia
Species: A. corymbosa – A. gionae – A. leucadea – A. moreana – A. petraea – A. saxatilis – A. sinuata
Name

Aurinia Desv., J. Bot. Agric. 3: 162. (1815)

Type species: Aurinia saxatilis Desv., J. Bot. Agric. 3: 162. (1815)

References

Desvaux, N.A., 1814. Journal de Botanique, Appliquée à l'Agriculture, à la Pharmacie, à la Médecine et aux Arts 3(4): 162.

Links

Koch, M.A. et al. 2019. Aurinia in BrassiBase Tools and biological resources to study characters and traits in the Brassicaceae. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 09.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Aurinia. Published online. Accessed: May 09 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Aurinia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 May 2019.

Vernacular names

Aurinia is a genus of flowering plants of the family Brassicaceae (Cruciferae), native to mountainous areas of Central and Southern Europe, Russia and Turkey. They are closely related to Alyssum, which they resemble. They can either be biennial or woody-based evergreen perennials. They produce panicles of yellow flowers in early summer.[1]

Aurinia contains the following species accepted by The Plant List:[2]

Aurinia corymbosa Griseb.
Aurinia cyclocarpa (Boiss.) Czerep.
Aurinia gionae (Quézel & Contandr.) Greuter & Burdet
Aurinia leucadea (Guss.) K.Koch
Aurinia moreana Tzanoud. & Iatroú
Aurinia petraea (Ard.) Schur
Aurinia rupestris (Sweet) Cullen & T.R.Dudley
Aurinia saxatilis (L.) Desv.
Aurinia sinuata (L.) Griseb.
Aurinia uechtritziana (Bornm.) Cullen & T.R.Dudley

References

RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
"Aurinia". The Plant List. Retrieved 9 April 2015.