Family: Brassicaceae
Arabidella
Citation:
O. Schulz, Pflanzenr. 86:177 (1924).
Derivation: A diminutive of Arabis.
Synonymy: Erysimum L. subgen. Arabidella F. Muell., Linnaea 25:368 (1853); (Shaw (1965) Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 89:177-203).
Common name: None
Description:
Annual herbs or perennial shrubs, glabrous, papillose or with simple hairs.
Sepals erect or spreading, dimorphic; petals clawed; stamens 6; median glands present or absent; siliqua dehiscent, mid-vein distinct.
Seeds in 1 or 2 rows, mucous; radicle incumbent.
Distribution:
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An endemic genus with 6 species in Australia.
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Biology:
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Key to Species:
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2. Leaves mostly bisect or trisect |
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A. nasturtium 4. |
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2. Leaves pinnatisect or lyrate-pinnatifid |
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A. procumbens 5. |
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A. eremigena 1. |
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4. Shrubs straggling, with most or all leaves entire |
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A. filifolia 2. |
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4. Shrubs erect, with most or all leaves bisect to multisect |
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5. Inflorescence a raceme; stem usually papillose; fruit usually sessile, linear |
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A. trisecta 6. |
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5. Inflorescence elongating from a corymb; stem glabrous; fruit usually stipitate, linear-ellipsoidal |
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A. glaucescens 3. |
Author:
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