Taxon:  Stevenia canescens (DC.) D. A. German



Summary
Genus:
Stevenia
Family:
Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Stevenieae
Nomen number:
466978
Place of publication:
D. N. Shaulo, Key Pl. Tuva Republ., ed. 2:194.  2007
Comment:
the basionym Alyssum canescens DC. is conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Shenzhen ICN 14.9 & App. IV)
Verified:
08/29/2018 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Nordic Baltic Genebanks. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Alyssum canescens DC.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Ptilotrichum canescens (DC.) C. A. Mey.

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Reference(s)
  1. Applequist, W. L. 2014. Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants: 66. Taxon 63:1365. Note: proposal recommended
  2. German, D. A. & I. A. Al-Shehbaz. 2010. Nomenclatural novelties in miscellaneous Asian Brassicaceae (Cruciferae). Nordic J. Bot. 28:649. Note: cite Ptilotrichum canescens (DC.) C. A. Mey.
  3. German, D. A. 2010. A checklist and the system of the Cruciferae of Altai. Komarovia 6(2):84.
  4. German, D. A. 2013. (2182) Proposal to conserve the name Alyssum canescens (Ptilotrichum canescens, Stevenia canescens)(Cruciferae) with a conserved type. Taxon 62:836-837.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGansu Shengn.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHebei Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHeilongjiang Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJilin Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaNei Mongol Zizhiqu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaNingxia Huizi Zizhiqu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaQinghai Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShaanxi Shengn.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShanxi Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXizang Zizhiqu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan s.e.
1NativeAsia-TemperateMongoliaMongolia s.?
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationGorno-Altay 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationTuva 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaJammu and Kashmir 
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Gorno-Altay, Tuva]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan (s.e.)
  • MONGOLIA: Mongolia (s.?)
  • CHINA: China [Heilongjiang Sheng, Hebei Sheng, Gansu Sheng (n.), Jilin Sheng, Shanxi Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng (n.), Qinghai Sheng, Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, Ningxia Huizi Zizhiqu, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, Xizang Zizhiqu]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Jammu and Kashmir]
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.nordic-baltic-genebanks.org/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=466978. Accessed 3 April 2026.