Ptilotrichum

Ptilotrichum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus:
C.A.Mey.
Species:
P. canescens
Binomial name
Ptilotrichum canescens
(DC.) C.A.Mey.
Varieties[1]
  • Ptilotrichum canescens var. canescens
  • Ptilotrichum canescens var. elongatiforme A.L.Ebel
Synonyms[1]
  • Alyssum canescens DC. (1821), nom. cons. (basionym)
  • Anodontea canescens (DC.) Sweet
  • Stevenia canescens (DC.) D.A.German

Ptilotrichum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.[2] It includes a single species, Ptilotrichum canescens, a subshrub native to temperate Asia, which ranges from southern Siberia to northern China and the western Himalaya.[1]

Two varieties are accepted.[1]

  • Ptilotrichum canescens var. canescens – southern Siberia to northern China and the western Himalaya
  • Ptilotrichum canescens var. elongatiforme A.L.Ebel – Altai Mountains of southern Siberia

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Ptilotrichum canescens (DC.) C.A.Mey". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Ptilotrichum C.A.Mey. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
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