Teesdalia
| Teesdalia | |
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| Teesdalia nudicaulis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Teesdalia W.T.Aiton[1] |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Teesdalia is a genus in the plant family Brassicaceae. They are herbaceous plants native mostly to Europe and to the Mediterranean region.[3][4] Shepherdscress is a common name for these plants.[5]
Species
[edit]Three species are accepted.[2]
- Teesdalia conferta (Lag.) O.Appel
- Teesdalia coronopifolia (J.P.Bergeret) Thell.
- Teesdalia nudicaulis (L.) W.T.Aiton
References
[edit]- ^ Aiton, William Townsend. 1812. Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. London (2nd ed.) 4: 83.
- ^ a b "Teesdalia W.T.Aiton". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
- ^ Oliver Appel: The status of Teesdaliopsis and Teesdalia. (Brassicaceae) In:.. Novon Volume 8, No. 3, 1998, pp. 218
- ^ Ihsan Ali Al-Shehbaz, Suzanne I. Warwick. 2008. Proposal to conserve the name Teesdalia (Cruciferae) In:. Taxon 57(4):1357-1358.
- ^ NRCS. "Teesdalia". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 8 December 2015.