Tropidocarpum

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: Descurainieae
Genus: Tropidocarpum
Species: T. californicum – T. capparideum – T. gracile – T. lanatum
Name

Tropidocarpum Hook. Icon. Pl. 1(1): pl. 43. (1836)

Type species: Tropidocarpum gracile Hook. Icon. Pl. 1(1): pl. 43. (1836)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Agallis Phil. Linnaea 33(1): 12. (1864)
Twisselmannia Al-Shehbaz Novon 9(2): 132–135, f. 1. (1999)

References

Hooker, W.J. 1836. Icones Plantarum 1(1): pl. 43.
Al-Shehbaz, I.A. 2003. A synopsis of Tropidocarpum (Brassicaceae). Novon 13(4): 392–395. DOI: 10.2307/3393367
Koch, M.A. et al. 2016. Tropidocarpum in BrassiBase Tools and biological resources to study characters and traits in the Brassicaceae. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Jan. 5.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Tropidocarpum. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 5 2016. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2016. Tropidocarpum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 5 Jan. 2016.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Tropidocarpum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Tropidocarpum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae. There are two to four species, one of which is extremely rare. Tropidocarpum capparideum, the caper-fruited tropidocarpum, is a plant endemic to California generally considered to be extinct since the 1950s, but has been reported since. Specimens were collected at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, in 2000 and 2001. Its status is currently in debate. The other member of the genus, the dobie pod, T. gracile, is a common mustardlike plant in California and Baja California. It is proposed that two other plants in separate monotypic genera, Twisselmannia and Agallis, be moved to Tropidocarpum.
Species

Accepted species as of March 2014:[1]

Tropidocarpum californicum (Al-Shehbaz) Al-Shehbaz
Tropidocarpum capparideum Greene
Tropidocarpum gracile Hook.
Tropidocarpum lanatum (Barnéoud) Al-Shehbaz & R.A.Price

References

The Plant List

Al-Shehbaz, I. A. (2003). A synopsis of Tropidocarpum (Brassicaceae). Novon 13:4 392-5