Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Brassicaceae

Boechera - [maps | photos]

• Boechera burkii (Porter) Windham & Al-Shehbaz
  Common Name: Burk's smooth rock cress
  Synonyms:
  

         • Arabis laevigata (Muhl. ex Willd.) Poir. var. burkii Porter

         • Arabis burkii (Porter) Small

• Boechera canadensis (L.) Al-Shehbaz
  Common Name: sicklepod
  Synonyms:
  

         • Arabis canadensis L.

• Boechera dentata Al-shehbaz & Zarucchi (TN Special Concern)
  Common Name: Short's rockcress
  Synonyms:
  

         • Arabis shortii (Fernald) Gleason

         • Arabis perstellata E.L. Braun var. shortii Fernald

         • Boechera shortii (Fern.) Al-Shehbaz

• Boechera laevigata (Muhl. ex Willd.) Al-Shehbaz
  Common Name: smooth rock cress
  Synonyms:
  

         • Arabis laevigata (Muhl. ex Willd.) Poir.

• Boechera patens (Sull.) Al-Shehbaz (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: spreading rock cress
  Synonyms:
  

         • Arabis patens Sull.

• Boechera perstellata (E.L. Braun) Al-Shehbaz (TN Endangered)  (Fed Listed Endangered)
  Common Name: Braun's rock cress
  Synonyms:
  

         • Arabis perstellata E.L. Braun var. ampla Rollins

         • Arabis perstellata E.L. Braun

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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