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Alyssum L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 661 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000001442.

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Synonyms of Alyssum

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Adyseton Adans. Fam. Pl. 2: 420 (1763) wfo-4000000729
Anodontea Sweet Hort. Brit. 467. 1827. wfo-4000002249
Gamosepalum Hausskn. Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, n.s. 11: 73. 1897. (Dec 1897) wfo-4000015286
Psilonema C.A.Mey. Icon. Pl. 3: 2, pl. 202. 1831[1831]. wfo-4000031790
Triplopetalum Nyár. Magyar Bot. Lapok 24: 97. 1925[1926]. wfo-4000039292
Alysson Crantz Stirp. Austr. Fasc. , ed. 2: 15 (1769) wfo-4000043673
Moenchia Roth Tent. Fl. Germ. 1: 273 (1788) wfo-4000043703

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Alyssum:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum albescens Schlecht. ex DC. Syst. Nat. 2: 309 (1821) wfo-0000529198
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum alpestre subsp. serpyllifolium (M.Bieb.) Maire Fl. Afrique N. 13: 246. 1967 — wfo-0001038203
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum alpestre var. macrocarpum Maire Fl. Afrique N. 13: 246 1967 — wfo-0001038591
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum alpestre var. tortuosum (Willd.) Fenzl Asie Min., Bot. 1(3): 301 1860 — wfo-0000529212
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum arenarium C.C.Gmel. Fl. Bad. 3: 36 (-37). 1808 wfo-0000506296
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum arenarium C.Presl Fl. Sicul. : 58 (1826) wfo-0000529235
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum arenarium Kit. ex Spreng. Bot. Gart. Halle , Nachtr. 1: 10 (1801) wfo-0000529233
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum argenteum f. pachyphyllum Beck Glasn. Zemaljsk. Muz. Bosni Hercegovini 22: 120 (1916) wfo-0001322066
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum argenteum f. stenophyllum Beck Glasn. Zemaljsk. Muz. Bosni Hercegovini 22: 120 (1916) wfo-0001322065
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum bernhardii Wettst. Biblioth. Bot. 5(26): 25 (1892) wfo-0000529259
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum bidentatum Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray Fl. N. Amer. (Torr. & A. Gray) 1(1): 108. 1838 [Jul 1838] wfo-0000529266
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum caliacrae subsp. racemosum Nyár. – — wfo-1200109129
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum calycocarpum var. collinae A.P.Iljinsk. Ukrayins'k. Bot. Zhurn. 62(2): 226. 2005 wfo-0001399967
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum calycocarpum var. jailense A.P.Iljinsk. Ukrayins'k. Bot. Zhurn. 62(2): 225 (-226). 2005 wfo-0001399966
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum calycocarpum var. umbellatae A.P.Iljinsk. Ukrayins'k. Bot. Zhurn. 62(2): 226. 2005 wfo-0001399968
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum castellanum Bourg. ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 1: 57. 1878 [Sep 1878] wfo-0000529323
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum cordatum Spreng. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 67 (1840) wfo-0000529358
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum decandolleanum Nyár. Bul. Grăd. Bot. Univ. Cluj 9: 43. 1929 — wfo-0001037510
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum densiflorum (A.Gray) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 931. (1891). — wfo-1200109039
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum desertorum f. argenteum Beck Glasn. Zemaljsk. Muz. Bosni Hercegovini 22: 119 (1916) wfo-0001322055
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum desertorum var. himalayense Dudley Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 24: 159 1962 — wfo-0000529409
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum desertorum var. prostratum Dudley Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 24: 159 1962 — wfo-0000529410
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum desertorum var. socolacicum Plazibat Nat. Croat. 18: 406 (2009) wfo-0001384287
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum diffusum subsp. diffusum – – — wfo-1200107961
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum divrikii Nyar. ex Bornm. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 89: 47 (1936) wfo-0000529421
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum eximum (Nyár.) Nyár. – — wfo-0000529455
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum gayanum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 931. 1891 [5 Nov 1891] wfo-0000529481
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum gemonense Roth Tent. Fl. Germ. 3(1.1): 85 (err. glemonense). 1799 [Jun-Sep 1799] wfo-0000529484
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum globosum (Desv.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 34. 1821 wfo-0000529494
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum granatense Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 1: 57. 1878 [Sep 1878] wfo-0000529503
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum grintescui E.I.Nyarady. – — wfo-0001217601
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum halimifolium DC. Fl. Franc. [de Candolle & Lamarck], ed. 3. 5: 594. 1805 wfo-0000529515
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum heideri Krock. Fl. Siles. , Suppl. 2: 168 (1823) wfo-0000529520
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum helianthemifolium Timb.-Lagr. & Jeanb. Rev. Bot. Bull. Mens. 3: 105 (1884) wfo-0000529524
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum litorale Trinajstić Suppl. Fl. Anal. Jugosl. 8: 6. (1982) — wfo-1000075696
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum macropodum var. macropodum – – wfo-0001036726
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum marginatum (Webb ex Coss.) T.Durand & Schinz Consp. Fl. Afr. [T.A. Durand & H. Schinz] 1(2): 88. 1898 [Jun 1898] wfo-0000529613
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum memiocoides Boiss. – — wfo-0001216426
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum microphylliforme Nyár. Bul. Gr?d. Bot. Univ. Cluj 18: 84 1938 publ. 1939 — wfo-0000529634
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum midzorense Formánek Verh. Naturf. Vereins Brünn 36: 89 (1898) wfo-0000529636
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum minimoide Pau Trab. Mus. Ci. Nat., Ser. Bot. 14: 15 (1918) wfo-0000529639
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum montanifolium Pau Trab. Mus. Ci. Nat., Ser. Bot. 14: 15 (1918) wfo-0000529656
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum montanum prol. humile Baumg. Jahresber. Nieder-Österr. Landes-Lehrersem. Wiener-Neustadt 34: 7. (1907) — wfo-1200108868
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum montanum subsp. alibotuschicum Stoj. & Stef. Fl. Bulg., ed. 3: 528. (1948). — wfo-1200109032
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum montanum subsp. alibotushiense (Degen & Dren.) Stoj. & Stef. – — wfo-1200112025
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum montanum subsp. serbicum Novák Preslia 5: 104. (1927). — wfo-1200109131
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum montanum var. australe (Freyn) Diklić Fl. SR Srbije 3: 297 (1972) wfo-0000529666
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum montanum var. brachyphyllum Halácsy Consp. Fl. Graec. 1: 95. (1900). — wfo-1200108876
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum montanum var. hymettium Boiss. Fl. Orient. 1: 274. (1867). — wfo-1200108879
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum murale f. griseum Trinajstić Suppl. Fl. Anal. Jugosl. 8(3-11): 8. 1982 [30 Nov 1982] wfo-0001325540
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum murale f. reichenbachianum Trinajstić Suppl. Fl. Anal. Jugosl. 8(3-11): 8. 1982 [30 Nov 1982] wfo-0001325541
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum muricatum Kit. Linnaea 32: 498 (1863) wfo-0000529688
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum myriophyllum Lojac. Malpighia 20: 113 (1906) wfo-0000529694
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum obcordatum (Desv.) DC. Syst. Nat. 2: 324 (1821) wfo-0000529707
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum obovatum subsp. angulatum Nyár. Bul. Grăd. Bot. Univ. Cluj 9: 31. (1929). — wfo-1200108882
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum odessanum Nyár. Analele Acad. Republ. Publare Române 1(3): 19 1949 — wfo-0000529718
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum orbiculare Nyár. – — wfo-0001217611
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum orbiculatum d'Urv. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 335 (1822) wfo-0000529725
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum pannulosum Hausskn. & Bornm. Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins , n.f., 20: 2 (1905) wfo-0000529738
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum paphlagonicum Bornm. Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins n.s., xx. 7. wfo-0000529739
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum parvulum Schrad. Linnaea 10(Litt.): 69 (1836) wfo-0000529748
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum perpureum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 931. 1891 [5 Nov 1891] wfo-0000529759
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum procumbens Lign. & Bey Bull. Soc. Linn. Normandie , sér. 5, 6: 377 (1903) wfo-0000529784
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum purpureum (A.Gray) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 931. (1891). — wfo-1200109040
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum pyramidatum Bornm. Beih. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 2 38(2): 481 1921 — wfo-0001277149
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum pyrenaicum (Jord. & Fourr.) Nyár. – — wfo-0000529801
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum racemosum (Nyár.) Nyár. – — wfo-0000529803
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum ramosissimum Webb. Giorn. Bot. Ital. 2: 215 (1846) wfo-0000529804
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum rhodopense subsp. bourgaei (Jord. & Fourr.) Nyár. Analele Acad. Republ. Populare Române, Biol. ser. A, mem. 3, 1: 77. (1949). — wfo-1200109036
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum rochelii Andrz. ex Rchb. Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 2: 8 (1837) wfo-0000529825
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum rubrivirescens Formánek Verh. Naturf. Vereins Brünn 37: 195 (1898) wfo-0000529830
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum saxatile Sm. Fl. Graec. Prodr. 2(1): 11. 1813 wfo-0000529845
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum saxatilis L. – — wfo-0001216363
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum semidodecandra Schrank Baier. Fl. 2: 189 (1789) wfo-0000529859
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum serpyllifolium M.Bieb. Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 2: 103. 1808 wfo-0000529865
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum simplex subsp. simplex – – — wfo-1200108511
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum smolikanum subsp. serpentinicola (F.K.Mey.) Pils Ill. Fl. Albania 9. 2016 wfo-0001368116
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum spatlulaefolium Formánek Verh. Naturf. Vereins Brünn 32: 76 (1894) wfo-0000529885
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum strictum C.A.Mey. Verz. Pfl. Casp. Meer. (C.A. von Meyer). 137. 1831 [Nov-Dec 1831] wfo-0000529898
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum tehranicum Bornm. – — wfo-0001261790
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum tenuifolium M.Bieb. Fl. Taur.-Caucas. , Suppl.: 435 (1819) wfo-0000529929
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum tortuosum Rupr. Fl. Caucasi : 98 (1869) wfo-0000529941
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum tortuosum Waldst. & Kit. Descr. Icon. Pl. Hung. 1: 94, t. 91. [1799-1802] wfo-0000529939
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum tortuosum subsp. arenicola Novák ex Dostál Kvet. Česke Social. Republ. 1: 278 1950 — wfo-0001036775
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum tortuosum subsp. cuspidatum Nyár. – — wfo-1200109133
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum tortuosum subsp. elongatum (Heuff.) Nyár. Analele Acad. Republ. Populare Române, Biol. ser. A, mem. 3, 1: 113. (1949). — wfo-1200109037
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum tortuosum subsp. elongatum Nyár. Analele Acad. Romane 1: 113 1949 — wfo-0001037047
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum tortuosum subsp. tortuosum – – — wfo-0001036749
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum tortuosum unranked pumilum Clementi Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino ser. 2, 16: 248 1857 wfo-1200068037
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum tortuosum var. grandiflorum Rupr. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7 15(2): 99 1869 — wfo-0000529943
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum tortuosum var. longistylum (Sommier & Levier) N.Busch in Fl. Cauc. Crit. 3(4): 565 1909 — wfo-0000529944
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum tortuosum var. meyerianum Rupr. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7 15(2): 99 1869 — wfo-0000529945
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum tortuosum var. orientale DC. Reg. Veg. Syst. Nat. 2: 307. (1821). — wfo-1200108884
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum tortuosum var. viridescens Rupr. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7 15(2): 100 1869 — wfo-0000529948
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum tuberculatum Kit. Linnaea 32: 498 (1863) wfo-0000529959
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum viride Nyár. Bul. Grad. Bot. Univ. Cluj 7: 152 (1927 publ. 1928) wfo-0000529981
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Alyssum wulfenianum subsp. wulfenianum – – — wfo-1200107831