Kernera

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: Kernereae
Genus: Kernera
Species: K. saxatilis
Name

Kernera Medik. Pflanzeng. 71 (1792) nom. cons.

monotypic taxon

Synonyms

Gonyclisia Dulac

Homonyms

Kernera Schrank Baiersche Reise...Munchen 50. (Baier. Reise) (1786) (Scrophulariaceae Juss.) nom. rej.
Kernera Willd. Sp. Pl. 4(2): 947. 1805[1806] (Potamogetonaceae Bercht. & J. Presl).

References

Medikus, F.K. 1792. Pflanzen-Gattungen 77, 95.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Kernera. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 18 2017. Reference page.
Koch, M.A. et al. 2017. Kernera in BrassiBase Tools and biological resources to study characters and traits in the Brassicaceae. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Jan. 17.
Tropicos.org 2017. Kernera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Jan. 2017.
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.

Kernera saxatilis

Kernera is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.[1] It only contains one species, 'Kernera saxatilis' (L.) Sweet [2]

Its native range is eastern central and southern Europe. It is found in the countries of Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Corsica, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland and Yugoslavia.[2]

The genus name of Kernera is in honour of Johann Simon von Kerner (1755–1830), a German botanist and botanical illustrator, notable for his illustrations in Hortus sempervirens.[3] The genus was first described and published in Pfl.-Gatt. on page 71 in 1792.[1]
Kernera saxatilis

The species of Kernera saxatilis 7 known synonyms; Alyssum rupestre Willd., Camelina saxatilis (L.) Pers., Cochlearia saxatilis L., Crucifera kernera E.H.L.Krause, Gonyclisia saxatilis (L.) Dulac, Myagrum saxatile (L.) L. and Nasturtium saxatile (L.) Crantz.[2] The Latin specific epithet of saxatilis means rock-dwelling and is derived from the Latin word 'saxum'.[4] The species was first described and published in Hort. Brit. on page 467 in 1826.[2]

It also has a subspecies; Kernera saxatilis subsp. boissieri (Reut.) Nyman, which is native to Spain. It was first published in Consp. Fl. Eur. on page 51 in 1878.[5]
References

"Kernera Medik. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
"Kernera saxatilis (L.) Sweet | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
Stearn, William (2002). Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners. London: Cassell. ISBN 978-0-304-36469-5.
Lewis, Charlton (1891). An Elementary Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199102051.
"Kernera saxatilis subsp. boissieri (Reut.) Nyman | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 October 2021.