Aethionema

Aethionema
Aethionema grandiflorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Subfamily: Aethionemoideae
D.A.German, Hendriks, M.Koch, F.Lens, Lysak, C.D.Bailey, Mumm. & Al-Shehbaz
Genus: Aethionema
R.Br.
Synonyms
  • Acanthocardamum Thell.
  • Campyloptera Boiss.
  • Crenularia Boiss.
  • Diastrophis Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
  • Disynoma Raf.
  • Eunomia DC.
  • Iondra Raf.
  • Lipophragma Schott & Kotschy ex Boiss.

Aethionema is a genus of flowering plants within the family Brassicaceae. They are known as stonecresses. Stonecresses originate from sunny limestone mountainsides in Europe and West Asia, especially Turkey. It is the only genus in the subfamily Aethionemoideae.

Aethionema have typically perennials, but may be annuals. Their leaves are ovate or linear.

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