Fourraea

{{Short description|Genus of plants}}

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|genus = Fourraea

|parent_authority = Greuter & Burdet

|species = alpina

|authority = (L.) Greuter & Burdet

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Fourraea alpina is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, and the only member of the genus Fourraea.{{cite web| title = Fourraea Greuter & Burdet| work = BrassiBase 1.3| url = https://brassibase.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/?action=search&subaction=tax¶m1=Fourraea| access-date = 5 January 2022}}{{cite web| title = Fourraea alpina (L.) Greuter & Burdet| work = Update on the Brassicaceae Species Checklist 2021-01-19| url = https://data.catalogueoflife.org/dataset/2305/taxon/7589| access-date = 5 January 2022}} It is native to Europe,{{cite journal| last = Al-Shehbaz| first = Ihsan A.| year = 2005| title = Nomenclatural Notes on Eurasian Arabis (Brassicaceae)| journal = Novon| volume = 15| issue = 4| jstor = 3393456| page = 521}} where its range extends from Spain in the west to Croatia in the east, and from Belgium and Czechia in the north to Italy in the south.{{cite web| last = Marhold| first = K.| year = 2011| title = Fourraea alpina| work = The Euro+Med PlantBase| url = http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=45772&PTRefFk=7200000| access-date = 5 January 2022}}

Its synonyms include:

  • Arabis brassica {{au|(Leers) Rauschert}}
  • Arabis brassiciformis {{au|Wallr.}}
  • Arabis pauciflora {{au|(Grimm) Garcke}}
  • Brassica alpina {{au|L.}}
  • Caulopsis alpina {{au|(L.) Fourr.}}
  • Caulopsis pauciflora {{au|(Grimm) A. Löve & D. Löve}}
  • Conringia alpina {{au|(L.) Link}}
  • Turritis brassica {{au|Leers}}
  • Turritis pauciflora {{au|Grimm}}

It has a diploid chromosome number of 2n=14.

Gallery

Fourraea alpina - Iconographia botanica seu plantae criticae - t. 192 - fig. 333.jpg

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