Vella

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: Brassiceae
Genus: Vella
Species: V. anremerica – V. aspera – V. bourgaeana – V. castrilensis – V. lucentina – V. mairei – V. pseudocytisus – V. spinosa
Name

Vella L. Sp. Pl. 2: 641. (1753)

Type species: Vella pseudocytisus L. Sp. Pl. 2: 641. (1753)

Synonyms

Boleum Desv.
Carrichtera Adans. in Fam. Pl. 2: 421 (1763), nom. illeg.
Euzomodendron Coss.
Pseudocytisus Kuntze

References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 641. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Vella in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Dec. 3. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Vella. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 8 2017. Reference page.
Koch, M.A. et al. 2017. Vella in BrassiBase Tools and biological resources to study characters and traits in the Brassicaceae. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Feb. 8.
Tropicos.org 2017. Vella. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 8 Feb. 2017.

Vella is a genus of plants in the family Brassicaceae, under which there are no fewer than six species.[2] Species are many branched, and have hairy, sessile, entire leaves that are narrower in width at their bases, widening out to form ovals. Fruits are stiff follicles.[3] Vella is endemic to that area of land encompassing Algeria, Morocco, and Spain.[4]
Selected species

Vella anremerica (Lit. & Maire) Gómez-Campo
Vella bourgaeana (Coss.) Warwick & Al-Shehbaz
Vella lucentina M.B.Crespo
Vella mairei Humbert
Vella pseudocytisus L. (type)
Vella spinosa Boiss.

List source:[2]

References

The genus Vella, as well as the type V. pseudocytisus, were originally described and published in Species Plantarum 2: 641. 1753. "Name - Vella L." Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved November 28, 2012. "Type Specimens: T: Vella pseudocytisus L."
"TPL, treatment of Vella". The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. 2010. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
Carl Linnaeus (1753), Species Plantarum (in Latin), vol. 2, p. 641, retrieved November 28, 2012, "Planta frutescens, Foliis integris, sessilibus, hirtis, obverse, ovatis, Folliculis erectis."
Manuel B. Crespo; Segundo Ríos; José L. Vivero; Josefa Prados; Esteban Hernández-Bermejo; M. Dolores Lledó (2005), "A new spineless species of Vella (Brassicaceae) from the high mountains of south-eastern Spain", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 149: 121–128, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2005.00427.x