Genus Arabis L.


Summary
Genus number:
887
Last updated:
3 August 2011
Family:
Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Arabideae
Common name(s):

rockcress
Accession count:

12 (5  active, 2  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:


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References:
  1. Al-Shehbaz, I. A. 2003. Transfer of most North American species of Arabis to Boechera (Brassicaceae). Novon 13:381-391.
  2. Al-Shehbaz, I. A. 2012. A generic and tribal synopsis of the Brassicaceae (Cruciferae). Taxon 61:935.
  3. Koch, M. A. et al. 2000. Comparative evolutionary analysis of chalcone synthase and alcohol dehydrogenase loci in Arabidopsis, Arabis, and related genera (Brassicaceae). Molec. Biol. Evol. 17:1483-1498. Note: said to be polyphyletic
  4. Koch, M. et al. 1999. Molecular systematics and evolution of Arabidopsis and Arabis. Pl. Biol. 1:529-537. Note: said to be paraphyletic
  5. Mulligan, G. A. 1995. Synopsis of the genus Arabis (Brassicaceae) in Canada, Alaska, and Greenland. Rhodora 97:109-163.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=887. Accessed 10 May 2026.