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Taxon: Iberis amara L.

Genus: Iberis
Family: Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae) tribe: Iberideae.
Nomen number: 19648
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 2:649. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 23-Feb-2010 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 23-Feb-2010
Species priority site is: North Central Regional PI Station (NC7).
Accessions: 6 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions. or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.


Common names:

  • bitter candytuft   (Source: IllF MEur ) – English
  • rocket candytuft   (Source: Cornucopia ) – English
  • wild candytuft   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  • téraspic   (Source: IllF MEur ) – French
  • thlaspi blanc   (Source: IllF MEur ) – French
  • bittere Schleifenblume   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  • bitterer Bauernsenf   (Source: IllF MEur ) – German
  • Grützblume   (Source: IllF MEur ) – German
  • seoyangmalnaengi   (Source: F Korea ) – Transcribed Korean
  • blomsteriberis   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • EUROPE
    Northern Europe: United Kingdom - England [s.]
    Middle Europe: Belgium; Germany; Switzerland
    Southeastern Europe: Italy [n.]
    Southwestern Europe: France; Spain

      Naturalized:
  • AUSTRALASIA
    New Zealand: New Zealand
  • EUROPE
    Northern Europe: Sweden [s.]
    East Europe: Lithuania; Moldova; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
    Southeastern Europe: Italy; Slovenia
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    Eastern Canada: Canada - Nova Scotia, Ontario
    Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Michigan
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Western South America: Ecuador - Pichincha, Tungurahua
    Southern South America: Argentina - Neuquen, Rio Negro, Santa Fe

      Cultivated:
  • also cultivated

References:

  • Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
  • Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
  • Bailey, L. H. 1949. Manual of cultivated plants, revised ed.
  • Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  • CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
  • Castroviejo, S. et al., eds. 1989–. Flora iberica: plantas vasculares de la Peninsula Iberica e Islas Baleares.
  • Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
  • Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
  • Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
  • Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
  • Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants.
  • Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
  • Hegi, G. et al. Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa. ed. 1:1906-1931; ed. 2:1936-68; ed. 3:1966-
  • Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
  • Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972–. Atlas florae europaeae.
  • Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75.
  • Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
  • Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
  • Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  • McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
  • Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
  • Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
  • Rollins, R. C. 1993. The Cruciferae of continental North America.
  • Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
  • Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993–. Flora of India.
  • Steward, A. N. 1958. Manual of vascular plants of the lower Yangtze valley.
  • Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966–. Flora of Iraq.
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition.
  • Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.
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