Fourraea alpina (L.) Greuter & Burdet is a plant in the Brassicaceae family, order Brassicales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Fourraea alpina (L.) Greuter & Burdet

Fourraea alpina (L.) Greuter & Burdet

Fourraea alpina is the only species in the genus Fourraea (Brassicaceae), a European flowering plant with 2n=14.

Family
Genus
Fourraea
Order
Brassicales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Fourraea alpina (L.) Greuter & Burdet

Fourraea alpina (L.) Greuter & Burdet is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family Brassicaceae. It is the only species that belongs to the genus Fourraea. This plant is native to Europe. Its native range spans from Spain in the west to Croatia in the east, and from Belgium and Czechia in the north to Italy in the south. Fourraea alpina has a number of taxonomic synonyms: Arabis brassica (Leers) Rauschert, Arabis brassiciformis Wallr., Arabis pauciflora (Grimm) Garcke, Brassica alpina L., Caulopsis alpina (L.) Fourr., Caulopsis pauciflora (Grimm) A. Löve & D. Löve, Conringia alpina (L.) Link, Turritis brassica Leers, and Turritis pauciflora Grimm. The diploid chromosome number of this species is 2n=14.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Brassicales Brassicaceae Fourraea

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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