List of Arabis species
List of plant species in the genus Arabis. The genus contains nearly 100 accepted species, spread across North America, Europe, temperate Asia, North Africa, and the mountains of central Africa.[1] Many species previously included in Arabis have since been moved to other genera such as Altriarabis, Arabidopsis, Boechera, and Scapiarabis.
Key
| Name | The binomial name of the Arabis species. A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a different genus. A suggested English common name, if present, is listed inside parentheses. |
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| Author | The author citation—the person who first described the species using an available scientific name, eventually combined with the one who placed it in Arabis, and using standardized abbreviations. |
| Year | The year in which the species was named, or transferred to the genus Arabis. |
| Distribution | The distribution of the species. |
Species
99 species are accepted.[1]
| Species name | Author | Year | Distribution | Image |
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| Arabis aculeolata Waldo rockcress |
Greene | 1910 | southern Oregon | 
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| Arabis adpressipilis | (M.Hopkins) Al-Shehbaz | 2017 | southeastern Canada and northern and central United States | |
| Arabis alanyensis | H.Duman | 2001 | Turkey | |
| Arabis allionii | DC. | 1805 | southern European mountains, Ukraine and Crimea, and southern Turkey | 
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| Arabis alpina Alpine rockcress |
L. | 1753 | northern and central Europe to western Siberia, Greenland and northeastern Canada, Turkey and Syria, mountains of eastern Africa | 
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| Arabis androsacea | Fenzl | 1842 | Turkey (Konya and Nigde) | |
| Arabis armena Armenian rockcress |
N.Busch | Armenia | ||
| Arabis aubrietioides | Boiss. | 1867 | Turkey | 
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| Arabis aucheri | Boiss. | 1842 | Turkey, Levant, Iraq, and north-central Iran | |
| Arabis auriculata | Lam. | 1783 | Europe, North Africa, and western and Central Asia to the western Himalayas and Xinjiang | 
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| Arabis beirana | P.Silveira, J.Paiva & N.Marcos Samaniego | 2001 | Central Portugal | |
| Arabis bellidifolia | Crantz | 1762 | Alps | |
| Arabis bijuga | Watt | 1881 | northern Pakistan and western Himalayas and south-central China | |
| Arabis blepharophylla Coast rockcress |
Hook. & Arn. | 1838 | California | 
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| Arabis brachycarpa | Rupr. | 1869 | northeastern Turkey and Transcaucasus | |
| Arabis bryoides | Boiss. | 1842 | Albania, Greece, and former Yugoslavia | 
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| Arabis caerulea | All. | 1773 | Alps | 
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| Arabis carduchorum | Boiss. | 1867 | eastern Turkey and northwestern Iran | |
| Arabis caucasica (Previously Arabis alpina subsp. caucasica) Garden Arabis |
Willd. | 1814 | northwestern Africa, southeastern Europe, western Asia, western Arabian Peninsula, and Caucasus | 
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| Arabis ciliata | Clairv. | 1811 | Central European mountains and Pyrenees | 
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| Arabis colchica | Kolak. | 1953 | western and west-central Transcaucasus | |
| Arabis collina Rosy cress |
Ten. | 1811 | southern and south-central Europe | 
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| Arabis cretica | Boiss. & Heldr. | 1849 | Crete | |
| Arabis crucisetosa Wetsoil rockcress |
Constance & Rollins | 1936 | northwestern United States | |
| Arabis cypria | Holmboe | 1914 | Cyprus | |
| Arabis davisii | H.Duman & A.Duran | 2001 | Turkey | |
| Arabis deflexa | Boiss. | 1867 | Turkey | |
| Arabis doberanica | Parsa | 1946 | north-central Iran | |
| Arabis dolichothrix | (N.Busch) N.Busch | 1939 | Transcaucasus | |
| Arabis doumetii | Coss. | 1882 | Algeria | _(7159561183).jpg)
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| Arabis drabiformis | Boiss. | 1842 | Turkey | |
| Arabis elgonensis | Al-Sehbaz | 2007 | Uganda and Kenya | |
| Arabis engleriana | Muschl. | 1907 | Egypt | |
| Arabis erecta | Y.Y.Kim & C.G.Jang | 2016 | Korea | |
| Arabis erikii | Mutlu | 2004 | Anatolia | |
| Arabis erubescens | Ball | 1873 | North Africa | |
| Arabis eschscholtziana Eschscholtz's hairy rockcress |
Andrz. ex Ledeb. | 1831 | Alaska, western Canada, and Western United States | |
| Arabis farinacea | Rupr. | 1869 | Caucasus | |
| Arabis flagellosa | Miq. | 1865 | Southeastern China, Japan, and Ryukyu Islands | 
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| Arabis flaviflora | Bunge | 1858 | Caucasus | |
| Arabis furcata Columbia Gorge rockcress |
S.Watson | 1882 | Oregon and Washington | |
| Arabis gegamica | Mtshkvet. | 1975 | Transcaucasus | |
| Arabis georgiana Georgia rockcress |
R.M.Harper | 1903 | southeastern United States | |
| Arabis hirsuta Hairy rockcress |
(L.) Scop. | 1771 | temperate Eurasia and northwestern Africa | 
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| Arabis hornungiana | Schur | 1866 | Carpathians and northern Balkan Peninsula | |
| Arabis huetii | Trautv. | 1873 | Caucasus | |
| Arabis ionocalyx | Boiss. & Heldr. | 1849 | southern Turkey, western Syria, and Turkmenistan | |
| Arabis juressi | Rothm. | 1940 | northern Portugal (Serra do Gerês) | |
| Arabis kashmiriaca | Naqshi | 1984 | western Himalaya | |
| Arabis kaynakiae | Daşkın | 2013 | Turkey | |
| Arabis kazbegi Kazbegian rockcress |
Mtzchvet. | 1975 | Georgia | |
| Arabis kennedyae Troodos rockcress |
Meikle | 1962 | western Cyprus | 
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| Arabis korolkowii | Regel & Schmalh. | 1877 | Turkmenistan | |
| Arabis lycia | Parolly & P.Hein | 2000 | Turkey | |
| Arabis margaritae | Talavera | 1992 | Spain | |
| Arabis mcdonaldiana McDonald's rockcress |
Eastw. | 1903 | southern Oregon and northwestern California | 
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| Arabis modesta Rogue Canyon rockcress |
Rollins | 1941 | southern Oregon and northern California | |
| Arabis mollis | Steven | 1812 | eastern Turkey and northwestern Iran | |
| Arabis montbretiana | Boiss. | 1842 | Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, eastern Turkey, and Uzbekistan | |
| Arabis × murrii (A. ciliata × A. hirsuta) |
Kehk ex Murr | 1891 | Austria | |
| Arabis nemorensis | (J.F.Wolff ex Hoffm.) W.D.J.Koch | 1830 | Europe and Caucasus | |
| Arabis nepetifolia | Boiss. | 1867 | northern Iran and southern Transcaucasus | |
| Arabis nordmanniana | (Rupr.) Rupr. | 1869 | Caucasus | |
| Arabis nova | Vill. | 1779 | European mountains and Morocco | 
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| Arabis nuristanica | Kitam. | 1958 | eastern Afghanistan | |
| Arabis nuttallii Nuttall's rockcress |
(Kuntze) B.L.Rob. | (1891) 1895 | western Canada and northwestern and western United States | _(28363394616).jpg)
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| Arabis olympica | Piper | 1913 | Washington | |
| Arabis oregana Oregon rockcress |
Rollins | 1941 | southwestern Oregon and northern California | |
| Arabis ottonis-schulzii | Bornm. & Gauba | 1935 | central Iran | |
| Arabis × palezieuxii (A. alpina × A. hirsuta) |
Beauverd | 1913 | France and Switzerland | |
| Arabis paniculata | Franch. | 1889 | western Himalayas to central China | |
| Arabis parvula | Dufour ex DC. | 1821 | northwestern Africa and central and southern Spain | 
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| Arabis patens | Sull. | 1819 | east-central United States | |
| Arabis piluchiensis | S.S.Ying | 2022 | Taiwan | |
| Arabis planisiliqua | (Pers.) Rchb. | 1837 | southern and east-central Europe to western Siberia, the Caucasus, and Iran | |
| Arabis procurrens Spreading rockcress, Running rockcress |
Waldst. & Kit. | 1803 | southeastern Europe | 
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| Arabis pubescens | (Desf.) Poir. | 1811 | northwestern Africa | _(9298178595).jpg)
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| Arabis purpurea | Sm. | 1813 | Cyprus (Troödos Mountains) | |
| Arabis pycnocarpa Creamflower rockcress, slender rockcress |
M.Hopkins | 1937 | Canada and western, northern, and eastern United States | 
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| Arabis quinqueloba | O.E.Schulz | 1927 | western Himalaya | |
| Arabis rosea | DC. | 1821 | Greece, Italy, and Sicily | |
| Arabis sagittata | (Bertol.) DC. | 1815 | southern, central, and eastern Europe, Algeria, Siberia, Western Asia, north-central china, and Russian Far East | 
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| Arabis scabra Bristol rockcress |
All. | 1785 | Europe | 
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| Arabis scopoliana | Boiss. | 1842 | Albania and former Yugoslavia | 
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| Arabis serpyllifolia | Vill. | 1779 | Pyrenees, Jura, Alps, Dinaric Mountains | 
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| Arabis serrata | Franch. & Sav. | 1875 | China (Anhui), Japan, Korea, Sakhalin, Taiwan | |
| Arabis shengkuangshanensis | S.S.Ying | 2022 | Taiwan | |
| Arabis soyeri | Reut. & A.L.P.Huet | 1853 | European mountains | 
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| Arabis stelleri | DC. | 1821 | Japan, Korea, and Russian Far East | |
| Arabis stellulata | Desv. & Berthel. | 1813 | Alps and central Italy | 
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| Arabis stenocarpa | Boiss. & Reut. | 1842 | Iberian Peninsula | 
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| Arabis subdecumbens | Emb. & Maire | 1931 | Morocco | |
| Arabis subflava | B.M.G.Jones | 1964 | southern Greece | |
| Arabis sudetica | Tausch | 1836 | east-central and southeastern Europe and Turkey | 
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| Arabis taihumilis | S.S.Ying | 1903 | Taiwan | |
| Arabis tanakana | Makino | 1903 | Japan (Honshu: Mt. Shirane and Mt. Shirouma) | |
| Arabis tianschanica | Pavlov | 1954 | Tajikistan | |
| Arabis tunetana | Murb. | 1905 | Tunisia | _BHL21497092.jpg)
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| Arabis verdieri | Quézel | 1972 | Morocco | |
| Arabis verna | (L.) W.T.Aiton | 1812 | Mediterranean shore | 
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| Arabis watsonii | (P.H.Davis) F.K.Mey. | 2006 | southeastern Turkey |
Artificial hybrid and unplaced species
| Species name | Parent species | Author | Year | Distribution | Image |
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| Arabis × arendsii artificial hybrid |
A. caucasica x A. aubrietioides | H.R.Wehrh. | 1931 | North Europe & United States | |
| Arabis × digenea unplaced |
A. procurrens x A. scopoliana | Fritsch | 1895 | Sweden | |
| Arabis × kellereri unplaced |
A. bryoides x A. ferdinandi-coburgii | Sund. | 1925 | United States |
Formerly placed here
- Altriarabis amplexicaulis (Edgew.) Y.Z.Zhao (as Arabis amplexicaulis Edgew.)
- Altriarabis pterosperma (Edgew.) Y.Z.Zhao (as Arabis pterosperma Edgew.)
- Arabidopsis halleri (L.) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz (as Arabis halleri L.)
- Arabidopsis lyrata (L.) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz (as Arabis lyrata L.)
- Barbamine sachokiana (N.Busch) A.P.Khokhr. (as Arabis sachokiana (N.Busch) N.Busch)
- Catolobus pendulus (L.) Al-Shehbaz (as Arabis pendulus L.)
- Crucihimalaya rupicola (Krylov) A.L.Ebel & D.A.German (as Arabis rupicola Krylov)
- Crucihimalaya tenuisiliqua (Rech.f. & Köie) Al-Shehbaz, D.A.German & M.Koch (as Arabis tenuisiliqua Rech.f. & Koie)
- Crucihimalaya tibetica (Hook.f. & Thomson) Al-Shehbaz, D.A.German & M.Koch (as Arabis tibetica Hook.f. & Thomson)
- Draba rimarum (Rech.f.) Khosravi & Eslami-Farouji (as Arabis rimarum Rech.f.)
- Hurkaea conringioides (Ball) Al-Shehbaz, M.Koch, R.Karl & D.A.German (as Arabis conringioides Ball)
- Hurkaea josiae (Jahand. & Maire) Al-Shehbaz, M.Koch, R.Karl & D.A.German (as Arabis josiae Jahand. & Maire)
- Olimarabidopsis pumila (Stephan) Al-Shehbaz, O'Kane & R.A.Price (as Arabis foliosa Royle ex Hook.f. & Thomson)
- Parryodes axilliflora Jafri (as Arabis axilliflora (Jafri) H.Hara)
- Scapiarabis ariana (Hedge) M.Koch, R.Karl, D.A.German & Al-Shehbaz (as Arabis ariana Hedge)
- Scapiarabis karategina (Lipsky) M.Koch, R.Karl, D.A.German & Al-Shehbaz (as Arabis karategina Lipsky)
- Scapiarabis popovii (Botsch. & Vved.) M.Koch, R.Karl, D.A.German & Al-Shehbaz (as Arabis popovii Botsch. & Vved.)
- Scapiarabis saxicola (Edgew.) M.Koch, R.Karl, D.A.German & Al-Shehbaz (as Arabis saxicola Edgew.)
- Sinoarabis setosifolia (Al-Shehbaz) R.Karl, D.A.German, M.Koch & Al-Shehbaz (as Arabis setosifolia Al-Shehbaz)
- Turritis glabra L. (as Arabis glabra (L.) Bernh.)
See also
- Lists of plant species
References
- ^ a b "Arabis L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 1 August 2025.