Pseudodraba

Pseudodraba
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Tribe: Arabideae
Genus: Pseudodraba
Al-Shehbaz, D.A.German & M.Koch
Species:
P. hystrix
Binomial name
Pseudodraba hystrix
(Hook.f. & Thomson) Al-Shehbaz, D.A.German & M.Koch
Synonyms[1]
  • Draba hystrix Hook.f. & Thomson (1861) (basionym)
  • Draba rhodantha Rech.f. & Edelb.

Pseudodraba is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Pseudodraba hystrix, a subshrub native to Afghanistan and western Pakistan.[1]

The species was first described as Draba hystrix by Joseph Dalton Hooker and Thomas Thomson in 1861. In 2011 Ihsan Ali Al-Shehbaz, Dmitry A. German, and Marcus A. Koch placed the species in the new monotypic genus Pseudodraba as Pseudodraba hystrix.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Pseudodraba hystrix (Hook.f. & Thomson) Al-Shehbaz, D.A.German & M.Koch". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 18 September 2025.