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Braya

Braya is a genus of plants in the family Brassicaceae. It includes 22 species native to subarctic and subalpine Eurasia and North America.

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Braya
Braya alpina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Braya
Sternb. & Hoppe
Synonyms1
  • Beketowia Krasn.
  • Platypetalum R.Br.

Braya is a genus of plants in the family Brassicaceae. It includes 22 species native to subarctic and subalpine Eurasia and North America.1

Species

22 species are accepted.1

  • Braya alpina Sternb. & Hoppe
  • Braya fengii (Al-Shehbaz) Al-Shehbaz & D.A.German
  • Braya fernaldii Abbe
  • Braya gamosepala (Hedge) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick
  • Braya glabella Richardson
  • Braya humilis (C.A. Mey.) B.L.Rob.
  • Braya linearis Rouy
  • Braya longii Fernald
  • Braya pamirica (H.Karst.) O.Fedtsch.
  • Braya parvia (C.H.An) Al-Shehbaz & D.A.German
  • Braya piasezkii (Maxim.) Al-Shehbaz & D.A.German
  • Braya pilosa Hook.
  • Braya purpurascens (R.Br.) Bunge ex Ledeb.
  • Braya qingshuiheense (Y.Q.Ma & Zong Y.Zhu) Al-Shehbaz & D.A.German
  • Braya rosea (Turcz.) Bunge
  • Braya scharnhorstii Regel & Schmalh.
  • Braya sichuanica Al-Shehbaz
  • Braya siliquosa Bunge
  • Braya stigmatosa (Franch.) Al-Shehbaz & D.A.German
  • Braya thomsonii Hook.f.
  • Braya thorild-wulffii Ostenf.
  • Braya tibetica Hook.f. & Thomson
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External links

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