Draba

Draba
Lapland whitlow-grass, Draba lactea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Draba
L.
Type species
Draba verna
L. 
Synonyms
List
    • Aizodraba Fourr.
    • Coelonema Maxim.
    • Consana Adans.
    • Dolichostylis Turcz.
    • Dollineria Saut.
    • Drabella Nábelek
    • Drabopsis K.Koch
    • Eriophila Rchb.
    • Erophila DC.
    • Gansblum Adans.
    • Holarges Ehrh.
    • Holargidium Turcz. ex Ledeb.
    • Leptonema Hook.
    • Nesodraba Greene
    • Odontocyclus Turcz.
    • Paronychia Hill
    • Pseudobraya Korsh.
    • Schievereckia Nyman, orth. var.
    • Schivereckia Andrz. ex DC.
    • Stenonema Hook. ex Benth. & Hook.f.
    • Thylocodraba O.E.Schulz

Draba is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, commonly known as whitlow-grasses (though they are not related to the true grasses).

Species

433 species are accepted.

Formerly placed here

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ Le Roy Abrams; Roxana Stinchfield Ferris (1923). Polygonaceae to Krameriaceae, buckwheats to kramerias. An Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States. Vol. 2. Stanford University Press. p. 292. ISBN 978-0-8047-0004-7. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  2. 1 2 "Draba Dill. ex L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2025.