Euclidium

Euclidium
Euclidium syriacum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Euclidium
W.T.Aiton
Species:
E. syriacum
Binomial name
Euclidium syriacum
(L.) W.T.Aiton
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Hierochontis Medik.
  • Ornithorynchium Röhl.
  • Soria Adans.
  • Anastatica syriaca L. (1763) (basionym)
  • Bunias syriaca (L.) Gaertn.
  • Myagrum syriacum (L.) Crantz
  • Ornithorynchium syriacum (L.) Röhl.
  • Anastatica hierachuntica Crantz
  • Bunias rostrata L'Hér. ex DC.
  • Crucifera euclidium E.H.L.Krause
  • Hierochontis carniolica Medik.
  • Myagrum rigidum Pall.
  • Myagrum rostratum Scop.
  • Soria syriaca Kuntze

Euclidium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae.[1] It includes a single species, Euclidium syriacum, a white-flowered annual herb native to Eurasia. It ranges from southeastern Europe to Ukraine and European Russia, the Caucasus, western and Central Asia, the western Himalayas, Xinjiang, and Mongolia.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Euclidium W.T.Aiton". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Euclidium syriacum (L.) W.T.Aiton". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 27 September 2025.