Schizopetalon
Genus of plants
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Schizopetalon is a genus of plants in the family Brassicaceae.
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| Schizopetalon maritimum in Chile | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Schizopetalon Sims[1] |
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It is native to western South America. Schizopetalon tenuifolium is found in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile.
Species
As of July 2024[update], Plants of the World Online accepts these species:[1]
- Schizopetalon arcuatum Al-Shehbaz
- Schizopetalon bipinnatifidum Phil.
- Schizopetalon biseriatum Phil.
- Schizopetalon brachycarpum Al-Shehbaz
- Schizopetalon corymbosum Al-Shehbaz
- Schizopetalon dentatum (Barnéoud) Gilg & Muschl.
- Schizopetalon maipoanum Ravenna
- Schizopetalon maritimum Barnéoud
- Schizopetalon rupestre Reiche
- Schizopetalon tenuifolium Phil.
- Schizopetalon walkeri Sims — small annual plant, having deeply pinnatifid leaves and racemes of fringed almond-scented purple-white flowers.[2]
