Hormathophylla

{{short description|Genus of Brassicaceae plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image=Hormathophylla spinosa 002.JPG

|image_caption=Hormathophylla spinosa

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|taxon=Hormathophylla

|authority=Cullen & T.R.DudleyFeddes Repert. 71: 225 (1965)

|subdivision_ranks=Species

|subdivision=See text

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|synonyms=Nevadensia Rivas Mart.

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Hormathophylla is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to the western Mediterranean; Morocco, Algeria, Spain, France and Italy. Perennial shrubs, they are adapted to dry, alkaline soils with high levels of magnesium.{{cite journal |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0208307 |title=Plant evolution in alkaline magnesium-rich soils: A phylogenetic study of the Mediterranean genus Hormathophylla (Cruciferae: Alysseae) based on nuclear and plastid sequences |year=2018 |last1=Salmerón-Sánchez |first1=Esteban |last2=Fuertes-Aguilar |first2=Javier |last3=Španiel |first3=Stanislav |last4=Pérez-García |first4=Francisco Javier |last5=Merlo |first5=Encarna |last6=Garrido-Becerra |first6=Juan Antonio |last7=Mota |first7=Juan |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=13 |issue=12 |pages=e0208307 |pmid=30576314 |pmc=6303028 |bibcode=2018PLoSO..1308307S |doi-access=free }}