Subularia

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: Subularieae
Genus: Subularia
Species: S. aquatica – S. monticola
Name

Subularia L., Sp. Pl. 1: 642. (1753)
Synonyms

Heterotypic
Consana Adans

Homonyms

Subularia Forssk. (1775) nom. illeg. hom., non L. (1753) vide Schouwia DC., Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 7: 244. (1821) nom. cons.

References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 642. Reference page.

Links

Koch, M.A. et al. 2019. Subularia in BrassiBase Tools and biological resources to study characters and traits in the Brassicaceae. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 29.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Subularia. Published online. Accessed: May 29 2019. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Subularia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 29. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Subularia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 May 2019.

Vernacular names
беларуская: Шыльніца
Deutsch: Pfriemenkressen
English: Awlwort
suomi: Äimäruohot
hornjoserbsce: Podwódnica
Nederlands: priemkruid

Subularia aquatica

Subularia is a genus of plants in the family Brassicaceae. Subularia species are annual herbs that grow in moist or even flooded soils. There are only two species of the genus: Subularia aquatica, which is widespread in North America and Europe; and Subularia monticola, from Africa mountains.[4] Awlwort is a common name for plants in this genus.[5]
Description

Stems and leaves
Hairless, with fleshy leaves all growing from the base of the stem, arranged in little roselike clusters. Individual leaves are fleshy, very narrow and with an evenly continuous edge.
Flowers
Few flowered in elongated clusters of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first. Sepals ascending to erect, white petals, spatulate to oblong, not clearly clawed and sometimes lacking.
Fruits
Narrow elongated seed capsule which is peculiar to the family Brassicaceae.[4]

References

"Subularia". Index Nominum Genericorum. International Association for Plant Taxonomy. 1996-02-09. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
"Subularia L." African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved 2008-05-08.[permanent dead link]
Tropicos. "Subularia texana B.L. Rob". Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
K. Kubitzki; K.U. Kramer; P.S. Green; J. G. Rohwer; V. Bittrich; H. Huber; J. W. Kadereit; C. Jeffrey (2002-09-12). "Cruciferae". The families and genera of vascular plants. Springer Science+Business Media. ISBN 3-540-42873-9. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
NRCS. "Subularia". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 4 December 2015.