Eudema

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Orthokaryota
Cladus: Neokaryota
Cladus: Photokaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Regnum*: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Regnum*: Viridiplantae
Cladus: Streptophyta
Cladus: Phragmoplastophyta
Cladus: Embryophyta
Cladus: Polysporangiophyta
Divisio*: Tracheophyta
Cladus: Eutracheophyta
Cladus: Euphyllophytina
Cladus: Megaphylla
Cladus: Radiatopses
Cladus: Lignophyta
Cladus: Metalignophyta
Diviso*: Spermatophyta
Classis*: Angiospermae
Cladus: Mesangiospermae
Cladus: Eudicota
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Brassicales

Familia: Brassicaceae
Subfamilia: Brassicoideae
Tribus: Eudemeae
Genus: Eudema
Species: E. arequipa – E. calycinum – E. chacasensis – E. cuscoensis – E. diapensioides – E. incurva – E. limensis – E. monimocalyx – E. peruviana – E. rupestris
Name

Eudema Bonpl. Pl. Aequinoct. [Humboldt & Bonpland] 2(16): 133, t. 125. (1813) emend. Al-Shehbaz et al. (2023)

Type species: Eudema rupestris Bonpl. Pl. Aequinoct. [Humboldt & Bonpland] 2(16): 133. (1813)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Brayopsis Gilg & Muschl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42: 482 (1909)
Endema Pritz., Icon. Bot. Index 1: 398 (1854), orth. var.

References

Bonpland, A.J.A. 1813. Plantae Aequinoctiales 2: 133.
Al-Shehbaz, I.A. 1990. Generic limits and taxonomy of Brayopsis and Eudema (Brassicaceae). Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 71(1): 93–109. Full text BHL Reference page.
Al-Shehbaz, I.A. & Cano, A. 2011. Englerocharis dentata and Eudema peruviana (Brassicaceae), two new species from Peru. Harvard Papers in Botany 16(2): 275–278. DOI: 10.3100/0.25.016.0203 Reference page. Note: described as "E. peruviana", genus gender is neuter.
Al-Shehbaz, I.A., Salariato, D.L., Cano, A. & Zuloaga, F.O. 2023. A Revised Generic Delimitation of the South American–Endemic Tribe Eudemeae (Brassicaceae) 1. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 108(1): 250-287. DOI: 10.3417/2023811 Paywall Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Eudema in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jan. 23. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Eudema. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 14 2017. Reference page.
Koch, M.A. et al. 2017. Eudema in BrassiBase Tools and biological resources to study characters and traits in the Brassicaceae. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Jan. 14.
Tropicos.org 2017. Eudema. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Jan. 2017.

Eudema is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae.[2] It contains ten species native to South America, ranging from Ecuador and Peru to Bolivia and northwestern Argentina.[1]
Species

Ten species are accepted.[1]

Eudema arequipa (Al-Shehbaz, A.Cano, M.A.Cueva & Salariato) Al-Shehbaz, Salariato, A.Cano & Zuloaga
Eudema calycinum (Desv.) Al-Shehbaz, Salariato, A.Cano & Zuloaga
Eudema chacasensis (Al-Shehbaz & A.Cano) Al-Shehbaz, Salariato, A.Cano & Zuloaga
Eudema cuscoensis (Al-Shehbaz, P.Gonzáles, A.Cano & Trinidad) Al-Shehbaz, Salariato, A.Cano & Zuloaga
Eudema diapensioides (Wedd.) O.E.Schulz
Eudema incurva Al-Shehbaz
Eudema limensis (Al-Shehbaz, Trinidad, A.Cano & P.Gonzáles) Al-Shehbaz, Salariato, A.Cano & Zuloaga
Eudema monimocalyx (O.E.Schulz) Al-Shehbaz, Salariato, A.Cano & Zuloaga
Eudema peruviana Al-Shehbaz & A.Cano
Eudema rupestris Bonpl.

Formerly placed here

Borealandea nubigena (Bonpl.) Al-Shehbaz, Salariato, A.Cano & Zuloaga (as Eudema nubigena Bonpl.)

References

Eudema Bonpl. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
O. Appel & I. A. Al-Shehbaz (2003). "Cruciferae". In Klaus Kubitzki & Clemens Bayer (ed.). Flowering Plants, Dicotyledons: Malvales, Capparales, and Non-Betalain Caryophyllales. The families and genera of vascular plants. Vol. 5. Springer. pp. 75–174. ISBN 978-3-540-42873-2.