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Eutrema

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|image = Eutrema tenue 6.JPG

|image_caption = Eutrema tenue in bloom

|taxon = Eutrema

|authority = R.Br. (1824)Chloris Melvilliana a list of plants collected in Melville Island (latitude 74-75 N., longitude 110-112 W.) in the year 1820; by the officers of the voyage of discovery under the orders of Captain Parry, with characters and descriptions of the new genera and species 9–10, pl. A. 1823.

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = 45; see text

|subdivision_ref = {{BioRef|powo |id=30041605-2 |title=Eutrema R.Br. |date=2022 |access-date=3 April 2024}}

|synonyms =

  • Chalcanthus {{small|Boiss. (1867)}}
  • Cordatifolium {{small|Y.Z.Zhao (2018)}}
  • Esquiroliella H.Lev. (1916)
  • Glaribraya H.Hara (1978)
  • Hengduanshania {{small|Y.Z.Zhao (2018)}}
  • Martinella H.Lev. (1904), nom. illeg.
  • Neomartinella Pilg. (1906)
  • Pegaeophyton {{small|Hayek & Hand.-Mazz. (1922)}}
  • Platycraspedum O.E.Schulz (1922)
  • Taphrospermum C.A.Mey. (1831)
  • Thellungiella O.E. Schulz (1924)
  • Wasabia Matsum. (1899)

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Eutrema is a genus of flowering plants of the family Brassicaceae, native to the Holarctic. Its best known member is wasabi, Eutrema japonicum. The name comes from the Greek εὐ- (eu-) 'well' et τρῆμα (trêma) 'hole', because of a hole in the septum of the fruit.{{cite web |url=http://beta.floranorthamerica.org/Eutrema |title=Eutrema R. Brown |date=5 November 2020 |website=Flora of North America |access-date=28 January 2023}}.

It is native to subarctic and subalpine regions of Eurasia and North America and to temperate Asia.

Species

Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of April 2024:

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Category:Brassicaceae genera

Category:Flora of the Holarctic realm

Category:Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)