Hormathophylla

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: Alysseae
Genus: Hormathophylla
Species: H. cadevalliana – H. cochleata – H. lapeyrouseana – H. ligustica – H. longicaulis – H. purpurea – H. pyrenaica – H. reverchonii – H. saxigena – H. spinosa
Name

Hormathophylla Cullen & T.R.Dudley, Feddes Repert. 71: 225. 1965.

Type species: Hormathophylla reverchonii (Degen & Hervier) Cullen & T.R.Dudley, Feddes Repert. 71: 225. 1965.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Nevadensia Rivas Mart., Itinera Geobot. 15(2): 704. 2002.
Typus: Nevadensia purpurea (Lag. & Rodr.) Rivas Mart.

References

Dudley, T.R. & Cullen, J. 1965. Studies in the Old World Alysseae Hayek. Feddes Repertorium 71(1): 218–228. DOI: 10.1002/fedr.19650710105 Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Hormathophylla. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 3 2017. Reference page.
Koch, M.A. et al. 2017. Hormathophylla in BrassiBase Tools and biological resources to study characters and traits in the Brassicaceae. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Feb. 3.
Tropicos.org 2017. Hormathophylla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 Feb. 2017.

Vernacular names
English: Madworts

Hormathophylla is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to the western Mediterranean; Morocco, Algeria, Spain, France and Italy.[2] Perennial shrubs, they are adapted to dry, alkaline soils with high levels of magnesium.[3]
Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

Hormathophylla cadevalliana (Pau) T.R.Dudley
Hormathophylla cochleata (Coss. & Durieu) P.Küpfer
Hormathophylla halimifolia (Boiss.) P.Küpfer
Hormathophylla lapeyrouseana (Jord.) P.Küpfer
Hormathophylla longicaulis (Boiss.) Cullen & T.R.Dudley
Hormathophylla purpurea (Lag. & Rodr.) P.Küpfer
Hormathophylla pyrenaica (Lapeyr.) Cullen & T.R.Dudley
Hormathophylla reverchonii (Degen & Hervier) Cullen & T.R.Dudley
Hormathophylla saxigena (Jord. & Fourr.) D.A.German & Govaerts
Hormathophylla spinosa (L.) P.Küpfer

References

Feddes Repert. 71: 225 (1965)
"Hormathophylla Cullen & T.R.Dudley". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
Salmerón-Sánchez, Esteban; Fuertes-Aguilar, Javier; Španiel, Stanislav; Pérez-García, Francisco Javier; Merlo, Encarna; Garrido-Becerra, Juan Antonio; Mota, Juan (2018). "Plant evolution in alkaline magnesium-rich soils: A phylogenetic study of the Mediterranean genus Hormathophylla (Cruciferae: Alysseae) based on nuclear and plastid sequences". PLOS ONE. 13 (12): e0208307. Bibcode:2018PLoSO..1308307S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0208307. PMC 6303028. PMID 30576314.