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Phyllolepidum

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Phyllolepidum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Phyllolepidum
Trinajstic

Phyllolepidum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae, native to Italy, the Balkans and Turkey. It contains two established taxa, which have been treated as either two separate species,[1] or as subspecies of a single species[2]

  • Phyllolepidum cyclocarpum (Boiss.) L.Cecchi (with a disjunct distribution in the mountains of North Macedonia, southern Albania, northern and central Greece, the Taurus Mountains of Anatolia and Turkish Kurdistan)[3]
  • Phyllolepidum rupestre (Sweet) Trinajstić (endemic to the Maiella massif and nearby mountains of the Central Apennines of Italy)[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Alysseae/Phyllolepidum". BrassiBase. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Phyllolepidum". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b Cecchi, L (2011). "A reappraisal of Phyllolepidum (Brassicaceae), a neglected genus of the European flora, and its relationships in tribe Alysseae". Plant Biosystems. 145 (4): 818–31. Bibcode:2011PBios.145..818C. doi:10.1080/11263504.2011.580789.