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Teesdalia

Teesdalia is a genus in the plant family Brassicaceae. They are herbaceous plants native mostly to Europe and to the Mediterranean region. Shepherdscress is a common name for these plants.

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Teesdalia
Teesdalia nudicaulis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Teesdalia
W.T.Aiton1
Synonyms2
  • Folis Dulac
  • Guepinia T.Bastard
  • Teesdaliopsis (Willk.) Gand.

Teesdalia is a genus in the plant family Brassicaceae. They are herbaceous plants native mostly to Europe and to the Mediterranean region.34 Shepherdscress is a common name for these plants.5

Species

Three species are accepted.2

References

References

  1. 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.
  2. "Teesdalia W.T.Aiton". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  3. Oliver Appel: The status of Teesdaliopsis and Teesdalia. (Brassicaceae) In:.. Novon Volume 8, No. 3, 1998, pp. 218
  4. Ihsan Ali Al-Shehbaz, Suzanne I. Warwick. 2008. Proposal to conserve the name Teesdalia (Cruciferae) In:. Taxon 57(4):1357-1358.
  5. NRCS. "Teesdalia". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 8 December 2015.