Halimolobos

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: Halimolobeae
Genus: Halimolobos
Species: H. diffusus – H. elatus – H. henricksonii – H. jaegeri – H. lasiolobus – H. multiracemosus – H. pubens – H. stylosus
Name

Halimolobos Tausch Flora 19(2): 410. (1836)

Type species: Halimolobos lasiolobus O.E.Schulz Pflanzenr. (Engler) 4, Fam. 105: 287, fig. 61. (1924)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Poliophyton O.E.Schulz

References

Tausch, I.F. 1836. Flora; oder, (allgemeine) botanische Zeitung. Regensburg, Jena 19(2): 410.
Bailey, C.D., Al-Shehbaz, I.A. & Rajanikanth, G. 2007. Generic limits in tribe Halimolobeae and description of the new genus Exhalimolobos (Brassicaceae). Systematic Botany 32(1): 140–156. DOI: 10.1600/036364407780360166 Full Text from ResearchGate Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Halimolobos. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 18 2016. Reference page.
Koch, M.A. et al. 2016. Halimolobos in BrassiBase Tools and biological resources to study characters and traits in the Brassicaceae. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Nov. 17.
Tropicos.org 2017. Halimolobos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Jan. 2017.

Halimolobos is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae known generally as fissureworts. These are biennial and perennial herbs which are mostly native to North America, especially Mexico.

Species include:

Halimolobos diffusa - spreading fissurewort
Halimolobos jaegeri - Mojave halimolobos
Halimolobos mollis - soft fissurewort
Halimolobos perplexa - perplexed halimolobos
Halimolobos virgata - rod halimolobos
Halimolobos whitedii - Whited's fissurewort

References