Selenia

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: Cardamineae
Genus: Selenia
Species: S. aurea – S. dissecta – S. grandis – S. jonesii – S. mexicana
Name

Selenia Nutt. J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 5(1): 132–134, pl. 6. (1825)

Type species: Selenia aurea Nutt. J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 5(1): 132–134, pl. 6. (1825)

Note: S. dissecta and S. mexicana may be conspecific, particularly as they form natural hybrids (Beck, 2009 & Warwick et al, 2006).
References

Nuttall, T. 1825. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 5(1): 132–134, pl. 6.
Beck, J.B. 2009. The phylogeny of Selenia (Brassicaceae) inferred from chloroplast and nuclear sequence data. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 3(1): 169–176. JSTOR Full text BHL.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Selenia. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 27 2016.
Tropicos.org 2016. Selenia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 Dec. 27.
Warwick, S.I., Francis, A. & Al-Shehbaz, I.A. 2006. Brassicaceae: species checklist and database on CD-Rom. Plant Systematics and Evolution 259(2–4): 249–258. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-006-0422-0 ResearchGate Reference page.