Turritis

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: Turritideae
Genus: Turritis
Species: T. glabra – T. laxa
Name

Turritis L., Sp. Pl. 2L: 666 (1753); Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 298 (1754).

Lectotype species: Turritis glabra L., designated by M.L. Green, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 56 (1925).

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Psilarabis Fourr., Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 332 (1868).

References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 666. Reference page.
Linnaeus, C. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5: 298. Reference page.

Links

Koch, M.A. et al. 2019. Turritis in BrassiBase Tools and biological resources to study characters and traits in the Brassicaceae. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jun 15.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Turritis. Published online. Accessed: Jun 15 2019. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Turritis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr 10. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Turritis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Jun 2019.

Vernacular names
беларуская: Вежавіца
čeština: huseník
Deutsch: Turmkressen
English: rockcress
suomi: Pölkkyruohot
հայերեն: Աշտարակախոտ
lietuvių: Bokštytė
русский: Вяжечка
slovenčina: strmobyľ
svenska: Rockentravar
中文: 旗竿芥属

Turritis (commonly known as towercress or tower mustard)[1] is a plant genus in the family Brassicaceae. It contains the following two species:[2][3]

Turritis glabra L. (tower rockcress)
Turritis laxa (Sm.) Hayek

Various other species have formerly been included in Turritis. The following list of synonyms is from BrassiBase version 1.3:[2]

Turritis alpina L. → Arabis ciliata
Turritis auriculata (Lam.) Fourr. → Arabis auriculata
Turritis brachycarpa Torr. & A. Gray → Boechera grahamii
Turritis brassica Leers → Fourraea alpina
Turritis caerulea (All.) All. → Arabis caerulea
Turritis chilensis Phil. ex Reiche → Rorippa coxii
Turritis ciliata Reynier → Arabis ciliata
Turritis dregeana Sond. → Turritis glabra
Turritis drummondii (A. Gray) Lunell → Boechera angustifolia
Turritis falcata Turcz. → Boechera falcata
Turritis gerardii Besser → Arabis nemorensis
Turritis grahamii Lehmann → Boechera grahamii
Turritis hirsuta L. → Arabis hirsuta
Turritis hispidula DC. → Exhalimolobos hispidulus
Turritis laevigata Muhl. ex Wiild. → Borodinia laevigata
Turritis lasiophylla Hook. & Arn. → Streptanthus lasiophyllus
Turritis loeselii (L.) W.T. Aiton → Sisymbrium loeselii
Turritis macrocarpa Nutt. → Turritis glabra
Turritis mollis Hook. → Crucihimalaya bursifolia
Turritis nemorensis Wolf ex Hoffm. → Arabis nemorensis
Turritis nova (Vill.) Chaix → Arabis nova subsp. nova
Turritis ochroleuca Lam. → Pseudoturritis turrita
Turritis patula Ehrh. → Arabis auriculata
Turritis patula Graham → Boechera grahamii
Turritis pauciflora Grimm → Fourraea alpina
Turritis planisiliqua Pers. → Arabis planisiliqua
Turritis praecox Sm. → Arabis planisiliqua
Turritis pseudoturritis (Boiss. & Heldr.) Velen. → Turritis glabra
Turritis pubescens Desf. → Arabis pubescens subsp. pubescens
Turritis purpurea Lam. → Arabis verna
Turritis retrofracta (Graham) Hook. → Boechera retrofracta
Turritis sagittata Bertol. → Arabis sagittata
Turritis salsuginea (Pall.) DC. → Eutrema salsugineum
Turritis setosa Lapeyr. → Coincya monensis subsp. cheiranthos
Turritis spathulata Nutt. → Arabis eschscholtziana
Turritis stricta All. → Arabis allionii
Turritis stricta Graham → Boechera angustifolia
Turritis stricta Host → Turritis glabra

References

"Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Report: Turritis L." Retrieved 5 January 2022.
"Turritis L." BrassiBase 1.3. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
"[Turritis]". Update on the Brassicaceae Species Checklist in COL. 2021. The entire dataset is at doi:10.48580/d4tm-4rj