Descurainia Webb & Berthel.

First published in Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 3(2; 1): 72 (1836), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. Northern Hemisphere to Central America, Peru to S. South America.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Louisiana, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nunavut, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Québec, Romania, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon

Introduced into:

Amur, Cape Provinces, Connecticut, Delaware, Great Britain, Hawaii, Ireland, Khabarovsk, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Brunswick, New South Wales, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Northern Provinces, Nova Scotia, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Rhode I., Sakhalin, South Australia, West Virginia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 25, 2011 Wood, J.R.I., et al. [23290] Bolivia K000326846 No
Pierre, M.St. [1500] Mexico K001574060 Yes
Chile K000485234 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fiebrig, K. [2601a] Bolivia K000485251 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gay, C. [s.n.] Chile K000485243 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gay, C. [s.n.] Chile K000485242 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0