| Teesdalia | |
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| Teesdalia nudicaulis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Teesdalia W.T.Aiton |
Teesdalia is a genus in the plant family Brassicaceae. They are herbaceous plants native mostly to Europe and to the Mediterranean region. Shepherdscress is a common name for these plants.
Species
Only two species are currently accepted by The Plant List, although a few others have "unresolved" status:
- Teesdalia coronopifolia (J.P.Bergeret) Thell.
- Teesdalia nudicaulis (L.) W.T.Aiton
References
- Aiton, William Townsend. 1812. Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. London (2nd ed.) 4: 83.
- Oliver Appel: The status of Teesdaliopsis and Teesdalia. (Brassicaceae) In:.. Novon Volume 8, No. 3, 1998, pp. 218
- Ihsan Ali Al-Shehbaz, Suzanne I. Warwick. 2008. Proposal to conserve the name Teesdalia (Cruciferae) In:. Taxon 57(4):1357-1358.
- NRCS. "Teesdalia". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- The Plant List
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| Teesdalia |
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