Malcolmia

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: Malcolmieae
Genus: Malcolmia
Species: M. chia – M. doumetiana – M. flexuosa – M. graeca – M. komarovii – M. macrocalyx – M. malcolmioides – M. maritima – M. orsiniana – M. pygmaea – M. taraxacifolia
Nothospecies: M. × hybrida
Name

Malcolmia R.Br. in W.T. Aiton, Hort. Kew., ed. 2, 4: 121 (1812), nom. cons. & orth. cons.

Type species: M. maritima (L.) R.Br., Hort. Kew., ed. 2, 4: 121 (1812).

Synonyms

Homotypic
Wilckia Scop., Intr. Hist. Nat.: 317 (1777), nom. rej.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
Regional: Middle Europe
Austria, Czechoslovakia (introduced).
Regional: Southwestern Europe
Baleares, Corse, France, Spain (introduced).
Regional: Southeastern Europe
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia (introduced), Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
Regional: Eastern Europe
South European Russia.
Continental: Africa
Regional: Northern Africa
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco (introduced), Tunisia.
Regional: Macaronesia
Canary Islands, Madeira (introduced).
Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: Middle Asia
Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
Regional: Caucasus
Transcaucasus.
Regional: Western Asia
Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey.
Regional: Arabian Peninsula
Kuwait, Saudi Arabia.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
Regional: Indian Subcontinent
Pakistan.
Continental: Southern America
Regional: Southern South America
Argentina South (introduced).

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Aiton, W.T. 1812. Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. 2nd Edn., Vol. IV. iii + 532 pp., Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London. BHL. Reference page.

Additional references

Al-Shehbaz, I.A., German, D.A., Mummenhoff, K. & Moazzeni, H. 2014. Systematics, tribal placements, and synopses of the Malcolmia s.l. segregates (Brassicaceae). Harvard Papers in Botany 19(1): 53–71. DOI: 10.3100/hpib.v19iss1.2014.n4 ResearchGate Reference page.

Links

Koch, M.A. et al. 2023. Malcolmia in BrassiBase Tools and biological resources to study characters and traits in the Brassicaceae. Published online. Accessed: 2023 April 18.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Malcolmia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 April 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Malcolmia. Published online. Accessed: April 18 2023. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Malcolmia. Accessed: 18 April 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. Malcolmia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 April 18. Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Virginia Stocks
suomi: Malkolmiat, meri-illakot

Malcolmia is a genus of flowering plants from the family Brassicaceae. Species from this genus are native to Europe and Africa.

Several species are cultivated for their flowers, including Virginia stock (Malcolmia maritima).

Species include:

Malcolmia africana
Malcolmia boissieriana
Malcolmia littorea
Malcolmia maritima
Malcolmia turkestanica

References