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genus

Sisymbrium L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 657 (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-4000035549.

Literature

Sp. Pl. 2: 657. 1753 [1 May 1753]

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Synonyms of Sisymbrium

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Irio	(DC.) Fourr.	Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon ser. 2, 16: 331. 1868 [28 Dec 1868]	wfo-4000019188
Leptocarpaea	DC.	Me}m. Mus. Hist. Nat. 7: 230. 1821.	wfo-4000021225
Lycocarpus	O.E.Schulz	Pflanzenr. , IV, 105(86): 164 (1924)	wfo-4000022498
Norta	Adans.	Fam. Pl. 2: 417. 1763.	wfo-4000026237
Phryne	Bubani	Fl. Pyren. 3: 171 (1901)	wfo-4000029348
Schoenocrambe	Greene	Pittonia 3: 124 (1896)	wfo-4000034533
Tricholobus	Blume	Mus. Bot. 1: 236 (1850)	wfo-4000039001
Valarum	Schur	Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 54.	wfo-4000039943
Vandalea	Fourr.	Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, ser. 2 16: 331. 1868.	wfo-4000039990
Velarum	(DC.) Rchb.	Handb. Gewächsk. ed. 2 : 1103 (1828)	wfo-4000040089
Tonguea	Endl.	Gen. Pl. : 1419 (1841)	wfo-4000043718

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Unplaced Names

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

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Sisymbrium acaule	Sieber ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 2: 593, nomen. 1841		wfo-0000432526
Sisymbrium aegyptium	Juss. ex DC.	Syst. Nat. [Candolle] 2: 630. 1821 [late May 1821]		wfo-0000432499
Sisymbrium alpinum var. glabellum	(Richardson) Trautv.	–		wfo-0001391276
Sisymbrium amplexicaule var. corymbosum	Reiche	Anales Univ. Chile 90: 103. 1895 Reiche, Flora de Chile, 1: 73. 1896		wfo-0001397166
Sisymbrium amplexicaule var. tenuicaule	O.E.Schulz	Pflanzenr. (Engler) 105(Heft 86): 58. 1924 [22 Jul 1924]		wfo-0001397167
Sisymbrium anasperum	Pall.	–	—	wfo-0001218177
Sisymbrium andinum f. robustum	O.E.Schulz	Pflanzenr. (Engler) 4, Fam. 105: 64. 1924		wfo-0001325157
Sisymbrium andinum var. exauriculatum	O.E.Schulz	Pflanzenr. (Engler) 4, Fam. 105: 64. 1924		wfo-0001237531
Sisymbrium andinum var. hastatum	O.E.Schulz	Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 229. 1931		wfo-0001397168
Sisymbrium andinum var. hossei	O.E.Schulz	Pflanzenr. (Engler) 4, Fam. 105: 362. 1924		wfo-0001397170
Sisymbrium arabicum	(Boiss.) Prantl	Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(2): 170 (1891)		wfo-0000432515
Sisymbrium arnottianum var. pinnatisectum	O.E.Schulz	Pflanzenr. (Engler) 4, Fam. 105: 75. 1924		wfo-0001397171
Sisymbrium asperum	Pall.	Reise Russ. Reich. 3(2): App. 740. 1776		wfo-0001351717
Sisymbrium asperum	Schimp. ex Boiss.	Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 1: 226. 1867 [Apr-Jun 1867]		wfo-0001351716
Sisymbrium atriplicifolium	Fisch. ex Besser	Flora 17(1, Beibl.): 7, nomen. 1834		wfo-0000432502
Sisymbrium austriacum var. macropetalum	Uribe-Ech.	in C. Aseginolaza Iparragirre et al., Cat. Flor. Alava, Vizcaya & Guipuzcoa 207 (1984).		wfo-0001401619
Sisymbrium berteroanum var. laciniata	Gilg & Muschl.	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42(5): 451. 1909 [20 Jul 1909]		wfo-0001397172
Sisymbrium brachycarpum	(N.Busch) Vassilcz.	Fl. URSS 8: 45, Add. 634. (1939).	—	wfo-1200109078
Sisymbrium brachycarpum	Richardson	Bot. App. Franklin's Narr. Jour. Polar Sea, ed. 1: 744. (1823).	—	wfo-1200109077
Sisymbrium brachylobum	Otto ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 2: 593, nomen; Herb. Berol. ex Fourn. These Crucif. 143. 1841		wfo-0000432593
Sisymbrium caeruleum	Gilib.	Fl. Lit. Inch. ii. 73. 1782		wfo-0000432619
Sisymbrium canescens	Griseb. ex E.Fourn.	–	—	wfo-1000075674
Sisymbrium canescens var. minus	Hook.	Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Hooker) 1(2): 62. 1830 [Jan-Apr 1830]		wfo-0001397173
Sisymbrium capillaceum	Gilib.	Fl. Lit. Inch. ii. 72. 1782		wfo-0000432607
Sisymbrium cardaminifolium	Gilib.	Fl. Lit. Inch. ii. 70. 1782		wfo-0000432611
Sisymbrium cardinalis-tedeschinii	Sennen	Diagn. Nouv. 279. 1936 [Jul 1936]		wfo-0000432606
Sisymbrium cheiranthus	Trautv.	Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 4: 108 (1876)		wfo-0000432563
Sisymbrium curvisiliquum	Bertol.	Misc. Bot. (Bertol.) ii. 13. t. 10.		wfo-0000432786
Sisymbrium dareifolium	Poepp. ex E.Fourn.	Recherches Anat. Taxon. Fam. Crucifer. 63, in syn. 1865		wfo-0000432787
Sisymbrium delilei	Coss.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 27: 71 (1880)		wfo-0000432772
Sisymbrium elegans var. juniperorum	(Payson) H.D.Harr.	Man. Pl. Colorado 280, 641. 1954		wfo-0001397186
Sisymbrium elegantissimum	Phil.	Anales Univ. Chile 81: 189 1892	—	wfo-0000432557
Sisymbrium entellicum	Biv.	Nuove Piante 9. 1838		wfo-0001354102
Sisymbrium erucifolium	Gilib.	Fl. Lit. Inch. ii. 74. 1782		wfo-0000432560
Sisymbrium exalatum	B.L.Rob. & Greenm.	Amer. J. Sci. ser. 3, 50: 166. 1895		wfo-0000432587
Sisymbrium fuegianum var. hispida	Speg.	Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 47: 168. 1899		wfo-0001237559
Sisymbrium gaillardotii	Boiss.	Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 1: 214, in syn. 1867 [Apr-Jun 1867]		wfo-0000432577
Sisymbrium gangeticum	Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 4777. 1831		wfo-0000431964
Sisymbrium glabrum	(Wooton & Standl.) Tidestr.	Fl. Ariz. New Mex. 64. 1941		wfo-0000431967
Sisymbrium glareosum	Gand.	Herb. Pyrénées 20 1884		wfo-1000064595
Sisymbrium gracile var. ovata	Gilg & Muschl.	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42(5): 450. 1909 [20 Jul 1909]		wfo-0001397187
Sisymbrium gracile var. typica	Gilg & Muschl.	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42(5): 450. 1909 [20 Jul 1909]		wfo-0001397188
Sisymbrium grayanum var. tenuicaule	(O.E.Schulz) Baehni & J.F.Macbr.	Candollea 7 (preprint): 296. 1937		wfo-0001397189
Sisymbrium heterophyllum	G.Forst.	–	—	wfo-1000075668
Sisymbrium hipidulum var. brevistylum	Triana & Planch.	Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 4, 17: 63. 1862		wfo-0001397190
Sisymbrium hipidulum var. herrerae	(O.E.Schulz) Baehni & J.F.Macbr.	Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13, pt. 2: 977. 1938		wfo-0001218142
Sisymbrium hipidulum var. longistylum	Triana & Planch.	Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 4, 17: 63. 1862		wfo-0001273667
Sisymbrium hochstetterianum	Buchinger ex Engl.	Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891: 233, in syn. 1892		wfo-0001351718
Sisymbrium incisum var. hygrophilum	E.Fourn.	Recherches Anat. Taxon. Fam. Crucifer. 64. 1865		wfo-0001398669
Sisymbrium intricatissimum var. deserticola	O.E.Schulz	Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 469. 1928		wfo-0001397191
Sisymbrium iris	Retz.	Fl. Scand. 126, sphalm.		wfo-0001351719
Sisymbrium kahikir	Mart. ex Spreng.	Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 2: 901. 1825 [Jan-May 1825]		wfo-0000431931
Sisymbrium karataviense	Pavlov	in Sovietsk. Bot. 1934, No. 1, 23, in obs.		wfo-0000431943
Sisymbrium lasiocarpum	F.Muell.	–	—	wfo-1000075672
Sisymbrium leiocarpum	Jord.	Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon sér. 2, 7: 507. 1861		wfo-0000431947
Sisymbrium leptopetalon	Raf.	Fl. Ludov. 84 (Quid ?). 1817		wfo-0000431938
Sisymbrium leptophyllum	(M.Bieb.) Trautv.	–	—	wfo-1000075678
Sisymbrium leptophyllum	A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.	Bot. Gaz. 56: 475. 1913		wfo-0001240630
Sisymbrium linifolium var. pinnatum	(Greene) O.E.Schulz	Pflanzenr. (Engler) 4, Fam.105: 104. 1924		wfo-0001243578
Sisymbrium longicarpum	Albo	–	—	wfo-0001216511
Sisymbrium luteum var. glabrum	F.Z.Li & Z.Y.Sun	Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 25(1): 8 (fig. 1). 2005		wfo-0001399918
Sisymbrium lyratum	Burm.f.	Fl. Indica , Prodr. Fl. Cap.: 17 (1768)		wfo-0000432017
Sisymbrium lyratum	Meisn. ex Sond.	Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 1: 32. 1860 [10-31 May 1860]		wfo-0000432016
Sisymbrium macloviana	Speg.	–	—	wfo-0001237560
Sisymbrium macrorrhizum var. meyenii	(O.E.Schulz) J.F.Macbr.	Candollea 5: 355. 1934		wfo-0001218145
Sisymbrium macrorrhizum var. ramosissimum	(Muschl.) J.F.Macbr.	Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13, pt. 2: 978. 1938		wfo-0001218143
Sisymbrium magellanica	Pers.	–	—	wfo-0001216618
Sisymbrium magellanicum f. glabrum	O.E.Schulz	Pflanzenr. (Engler) 4, Fam. 105: 51. 1924		wfo-0001237561
Sisymbrium magellanicum f. hispidum	O.E.Schulz	Pflanzenr. (Engler) 4, Fam. 105: 51. 1924		wfo-0001237562
Sisymbrium maroccanum	Pit.	Mem. Soc. Sc. Not. Maroc No. viii. 269 (1924), nomen.		wfo-0000432027
Sisymbrium matritense	Pau	Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 27: 89 1898	—	wfo-0000735499
Sisymbrium montivagum	Jord.	Diagn. Esp. Nouv. i. 146.		wfo-0000432015
Sisymbrium nasturtiifolium	Gilib.	Fl. Lit. Inch. ii. 71. 1782		wfo-0000431997
Sisymbrium nasturtium var. aquaticum	L.	–		wfo-0001392809
Sisymbrium pallescens	Jord.	Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon sér. 2, 7: 513. 1861		wfo-0000432003
Sisymbrium pandurifolium	Kuntze	–		wfo-0001216624
Sisymbrium pascuivagum	Gand.	Herb. Pyrénées 20 1884		wfo-1000064597
Sisymbrium patens	Moench	Methodus (Moench) 251 (sp. dub.). 1794 [4 May 1794]		wfo-0000431833
Sisymbrium pentaphyllum	Larrañaga	Escritos Damaso Antonio Larranaga ii. 207, 488 (1923) [Pub. Inst. Hist. Geog. Urug.];cf. Gray Herb. Card Cat., Issue 117.		wfo-0000431837
Sisymbrium perenne	(C.A.Mey.) Steud.	–	—	wfo-1000075673
Sisymbrium petraeum var. parvifolium	(Phil.) Reiche	–		wfo-0001391026
Sisymbrium pimpenellifolia	Barnéoud	–		wfo-0001216626
Sisymbrium pinnatisectum	(Vassilcz. ex V.I.Dorof.) Saksonov & Senator	Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 97(3): 377. 2012 [22 Mar 2012] ; isonym		wfo-0001356340
Sisymbrium pinnatum var. xerophilum	E.Fourn.	Recherches Anat. Taxon. Fam. Crucifer. 107. 1865		wfo-0001398709
Sisymbrium polymorphum var. pinnatisectum	Vassilcz. ex V.I.Dorof.	Turczaninowia 1(3): 27. 1998		wfo-0001391042
Sisymbrium polystachyum	Colla	Herb. Pedem. i. 206 (sp. dub.).		wfo-0000431851
Sisymbrium polystachyum	hort. ex Tausch	Flora 19(2): 410. 1836		wfo-0000431858
Sisymbrium praecox	Colla	Herb. Pedem. i. 205 (sp. dub.).		wfo-0000431854
Sisymbrium pusillum	Wedd. ex E.Fourn.	Recherches Anat. Taxon. Fam. Crucifer. 131. 1865		wfo-0000431844
Sisymbrium pygmaeum	(Adams) Trautv.	Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 1: 60 (1871)		wfo-0001236772
Sisymbrium ramosum	E.Fourn.	Recherches Anat. Taxon. Fam. Crucifer. 140. 1865		wfo-0000431795
Sisymbrium ramulosum	Delile	Fl. Aeg. Illustr. 67.		wfo-0000431798
Sisymbrium ramulosum	Poir.	Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] Suppl. 5. 161. 1817 [1 Nov 1817]		wfo-0000431796
Sisymbrium redowskii	Weinm. ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. 1: 785 (1821)		wfo-0000431799
Sisymbrium reticulatum	Tratt.	Arch. Gewächsk. t. 350; ex Pritz. Ic. Ind. i. 1039 (sp. dub.).		wfo-0000431803
Sisymbrium roxolanicum	Zapał.	Bull. Acad. Cracovie 1913, B, 48.		wfo-0000431788
Sisymbrium rudcrale	Jord.	Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon sér. 2, 7: 506. 1861		wfo-0000431791
Sisymbrium ruderale	Jord.	Diagn. Esp. Nouv. i. 138.		wfo-0000431792
Sisymbrium rupestricola	Jord.	Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon sér. 2, 7: 510. 1861		wfo-0000431896
Sisymbrium rupestricolum	Jord.	Diagn. Esp. Nouv. 142 1864	—	wfo-0000431897