''Vella'' is a genus of plants in the family
Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae () or (the older) Cruciferae () is a medium-sized and economically important family of flowering plants commonly known as the mustards, the crucifers, or the cabbage family. Most are herbaceous plants, while some are shrubs. The leav ...
, under which there are no fewer than six species.
Species are many branched, and have
hairy Hairy may refer to:
* people or animals covered in hairs or fur
* plants covered in trichomes
* insects covered in setae
* people nicknamed "the Hairy"
* Hairy (gene)
See also
* Hairies, a fictional people
* Haerye
''Hunminjeongeum Haerye'' ...
,
sessile
Sessility, or sessile, may refer to:
* Sessility (motility), organisms which are not able to move about
* Sessility (botany), flowers or leaves that grow directly from the stem or peduncle of a plant
* Sessility (medicine), tumors and polyps that ...
, entire leaves that are narrower in width at their bases, widening out to form ovals. Fruits are stiff
follicles.
''Vella'' is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to that area of land encompassing
Algeria
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, capital = Algiers
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, relig ...
,
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...
, and
Spain
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, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
.
Selected species
* ''
Vella anremerica''
(Lit. & Maire) Gómez-Campo
* ''
Vella bourgaeana''
(Coss.) Warwick & Al-Shehbaz
* ''
Vella lucentina''
M.B.Crespo
* ''
Vella mairei''
Humbert
* ''
Vella pseudocytisus''
L. (
type)
* ''
Vella spinosa''
Boiss.
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References
External links
An illustration of ''Vella pseudocytisus'' (published in 1818)
from plantillustrations.org
Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae genera
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