Pachymitus | |
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Pachymitus cardaminoides at Terrick Terrick National Park | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Brassicales |
Family: | Brassicaceae |
Genus: |
Pachymitus O.E.Schulz |
Species: | P. cardaminoides
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Binomial name | |
Pachymitus cardaminoides | |
Synonyms | |
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Pachymitus is a monotypic plant genus in the mustard family Brassicaceae. The sole species is Pachymitus cardaminoides, commonly known as sand cress, which is native to Australia. [2] [3] It occurs in the states of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. [2]
Originally collected from near the mouth of the Murray River, the species was originally described as Sisymbrium cardaminoides by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1855, [4] before the genus Pachymitus was erected by Otto Eugen Schulz in 1924. [1]
Pachymitus cardaminoides is a small herbaceous shrub which grows to 30 cm (12 in) in height. It is found in inland New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. [5]
Pachymitus | |
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Pachymitus cardaminoides at Terrick Terrick National Park | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Brassicales |
Family: | Brassicaceae |
Genus: |
Pachymitus O.E.Schulz |
Species: | P. cardaminoides
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Binomial name | |
Pachymitus cardaminoides | |
Synonyms | |
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Pachymitus is a monotypic plant genus in the mustard family Brassicaceae. The sole species is Pachymitus cardaminoides, commonly known as sand cress, which is native to Australia. [2] [3] It occurs in the states of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. [2]
Originally collected from near the mouth of the Murray River, the species was originally described as Sisymbrium cardaminoides by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1855, [4] before the genus Pachymitus was erected by Otto Eugen Schulz in 1924. [1]
Pachymitus cardaminoides is a small herbaceous shrub which grows to 30 cm (12 in) in height. It is found in inland New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. [5]