''Fourraea alpina'' is a species of flowering plant in the family
Brassicaceae, and the only member of the genus ''Fourraea''.
It is native to Europe,
where its range extends from Spain in the west to Croatia in the east, and from Belgium and Czechia in the north to Italy in the south.
Its synonyms include:
*''Arabis brassica''
* ''Arabis brassiciformis''
* ''Arabis pauciflora''
* '' Brassica alpina''
* ''Caulopsis alpina''
* ''Caulopsis pauciflora''
* ''Conringia alpina''
* ''Turritis brassica''
* ''Turritis pauciflora''
It has a
diploid
Ploidy () is the number of complete sets of chromosomes in a cell, and hence the number of possible alleles for autosomal and pseudoautosomal genes. Sets of chromosomes refer to the number of maternal and paternal chromosome copies, respectively ...
chromosome number of 2n=14.
Gallery
Fourraea alpina - Iconographia botanica seu plantae criticae - t. 192 - fig. 333.jpg
Fourraea alpina.jpg
Fourraea alpina leaf (04).jpg
Fourraea alpina leaf (13).jpg
Fourraea alpina flower (05).jpg
References
External links
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Brassicaceae
Taxa named by Werner Greuter
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