''Peltaria'' is a
genus of
flowering plants in the family
Brassicaceae. Their distribution ranges from Southeast Europe, Near East to Central Asia. They prefer rocky slopes.
''Peltraria'' species are perennials with white or rosa flowers. They are glabrous with sessile, entire and simple leaves. Their siliculae are pendent, very flat, on a short decent style.
According to Warwick, Francis and Al-Shehbaz and Kubitzki this genus comprises four species, two of which occur in Europe.
;Species
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Peltaria alliacea
''Peltaria alliacea'', or garlic cress, is a perennial flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is endemic to Albania, Austria, Hungary, Romania and former Yugoslavia. The plant grows up to and has white flowers from May to July. The plant ...
'' Jacq. from Southeast Austria to Romania and Albania, chromosome number 2n=14 (28,56).
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Peltaria angustifolia
''Peltaria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae. Their distribution ranges from Southeast Europe, Near East to Central Asia. They prefer rocky slopes.
''Peltraria'' species are perennials with white or rosa flowers. They a ...
'' DC. in the Near East (Israel: Golan, Hermon mountains; Jordan, Iraq, Iran). Further photos in the flora of Israel. Chromosome number 2n=14.
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Peltaria emarginata
''Peltaria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae. Their distribution ranges from Southeast Europe, Near East to Central Asia. They prefer rocky slopes.
''Peltraria'' species are perennials with white or rosa flowers. They a ...
'' (Boiss.) Hausskn. (Syn.: ''Leptoplax emarginata'' (Boiss.) O.E.Schulz) endemic to Greece. This plant accumulates
nickel in its leaves.
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Peltaria turkmena
''Peltaria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae. Their distribution ranges from Southeast Europe, Near East to Central Asia. They prefer rocky slopes.
''Peltraria'' species are perennials with white or rosa flowers. They a ...
'' Lipsky in Central Asia. Photo, map.
map
/ref> Chromosome number 2n=14.
References
Publications
* Klaus Kubitzki, Clemens Bayer (Ed.): ''The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, Vol.V''. SpringerPubl., Berlin 2002,
* Thomas Gaskell Tutin et al. (Ed.): '' Flora Europaea: Psilotaceae to Platanaceae, Vol. 1''. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK) 1980,
* Roger D. Reeves, Robert R. Brooks, J.Robert Press: ''Nickel accumulation by species of Peltaria Jacq. (Cruciferae)''. In: Taxon Vol. 29, 1980, p. 629-633.
* S.I. Warwick, I.A. Al-Shehbaz: ''Brassicaceae: Chromosome number index and database on CD-Rom''. In: Plant Systematics and Evolution. Vol. 259, 2006, p. 237–248. DOI 10.1007/s00606-006-0421-1
* S.I. Warwick, A. Francis, I.A. Al-Shehbaz: ''Brassicaceae: Species checklist and database on CD-Rom''. In: Plant Systematics and Evolution, Vol. 259, 2006, p. 249-258. DOI 10.1007/s00606-006-0422-0
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Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae genera
Taxa named by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin