List of plant species in the genus Arabis. The genus contains nearly 100 accepted species, spread across North America, Europe, temperate Asia, North Africa, and the mountains of central Africa. Many species previously included in Arabis have since been moved to other genera such as Altriarabis, Arabidopsis, Boechera, and Scapiarabis. Key NameThe binomial name of the Arabis species. A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a different genus. A suggested English common name, if present, is listed inside parentheses. AuthorThe author citation—the person who first described the species using an available scientific name, eventually combined with the one who placed it in Arabis, and using standardized abbreviations.YearThe year in which the species was named, or transferred to the genus Arabis.DistributionThe distribution of the species.
Species 99 species are accepted.
Species name Author Year Distribution Image Arabis aculeolataWaldo rockcress Greene 1910 southern Oregon Arabis adpressipilis (M.Hopkins) Al-Shehbaz 2017 southeastern Canada and northern and central United States Arabis alanyensis H.Duman 2001 Turkey Arabis allionii DC. 1805 southern European mountains, Ukraine and Crimea, and southern Turkey Arabis alpinaAlpine rockcress L. 1753 northern and central Europe to western Siberia, Greenland and northeastern Canada, Turkey and Syria, mountains of eastern Africa Arabis androsacea Fenzl 1842 Turkey (Konya and Nigde) Arabis armenaArmenian rockcress N.Busch Armenia Arabis aubrietioides Boiss. 1867 Turkey Arabis aucheri Boiss. 1842 Turkey, Levant, Iraq, and north-central Iran Arabis auriculata Lam. 1783 Europe, North Africa, and western and Central Asia to the western Himalayas and Xinjiang Arabis beirana P.Silveira, J.Paiva & N.Marcos Samaniego 2001 Central Portugal Arabis bellidifolia Crantz 1762 Alps Arabis bijuga Watt 1881 northern Pakistan and western Himalayas and south-central China Arabis blepharophyllaCoast rockcress Hook. & Arn. 1838 California Arabis brachycarpa Rupr. 1869 northeastern Turkey and Transcaucasus Arabis bryoides Boiss. 1842 Albania, Greece, and former Yugoslavia Arabis caerulea All. 1773 Alps Arabis carduchorum Boiss. 1867 eastern Turkey and northwestern Iran Arabis caucasica (Previously Arabis alpina subsp. caucasica)Garden Arabis Willd. 1814 northwestern Africa, southeastern Europe, western Asia, western Arabian Peninsula, and Caucasus Arabis ciliata Clairv. 1811 Central European mountains and Pyrenees Arabis colchica Kolak. 1953 western and west-central Transcaucasus Arabis collinaRosy cress Ten. 1811 southern and south-central Europe Arabis cretica Boiss. & Heldr. 1849 Crete Arabis crucisetosaWetsoil rockcress Constance & Rollins 1936 northwestern United States Arabis cypria Holmboe 1914 Cyprus Arabis davisii H.Duman & A.Duran 2001 Turkey Arabis deflexa Boiss. 1867 Turkey Arabis doberanica Parsa 1946 north-central Iran Arabis dolichothrix (N.Busch) N.Busch 1939 Transcaucasus Arabis doumetii Coss. 1882 Algeria Arabis drabiformis Boiss. 1842 Turkey Arabis elgonensis Al-Sehbaz 2007 Uganda and Kenya Arabis engleriana Muschl. 1907 Egypt Arabis erecta Y.Y.Kim & C.G.Jang 2016 Korea Arabis erikii Mutlu 2004 Anatolia Arabis erubescens Ball 1873 North Africa Arabis eschscholtzianaEschscholtz's hairy rockcress Andrz. ex Ledeb. 1831 Alaska, western Canada, and Western United States Arabis farinacea Rupr. 1869 Caucasus Arabis flagellosa Miq. 1865 Southeastern China, Japan, and Ryukyu Islands Arabis flaviflora Bunge 1858 Caucasus Arabis furcataColumbia Gorge rockcress S.Watson 1882 Oregon and Washington Arabis gegamica Mtshkvet. 1975 Transcaucasus Arabis georgianaGeorgia rockcress R.M.Harper 1903 southeastern United States Arabis hirsutaHairy rockcress (L.) Scop. 1771 temperate Eurasia and northwestern Africa Arabis hornungiana Schur 1866 Carpathians and northern Balkan Peninsula Arabis huetii Trautv. 1873 Caucasus Arabis ionocalyx Boiss. & Heldr. 1849 southern Turkey, western Syria, and Turkmenistan Arabis juressi Rothm. 1940 northern Portugal (Serra do Gerês) Arabis kashmiriaca Naqshi 1984 western Himalaya Arabis kaynakiae Daşkın 2013 Turkey Arabis kazbegiKazbegian rockcress Mtzchvet. 1975 Georgia Arabis kennedyaeTroodos rockcress Meikle 1962 western Cyprus Arabis korolkowii Regel & Schmalh. 1877 Turkmenistan Arabis lycia Parolly & P.Hein 2000 Turkey Arabis margaritae Talavera 1992 Spain Arabis mcdonaldianaMcDonald's rockcress Eastw. 1903 southern Oregon and northwestern California Arabis modestaRogue Canyon rockcress Rollins 1941 southern Oregon and northern California Arabis mollis Steven 1812 eastern Turkey and northwestern Iran Arabis montbretiana Boiss. 1842 Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, eastern Turkey, and Uzbekistan Arabis × murrii(A. ciliata × A. hirsuta) Kehk ex Murr 1891 Austria Arabis nemorensis (J.F.Wolff ex Hoffm.) W.D.J.Koch 1830 Europe and Caucasus Arabis nepetifolia Boiss. 1867 northern Iran and southern Transcaucasus Arabis nordmanniana (Rupr.) Rupr. 1869 Caucasus Arabis nova Vill. 1779 European mountains and Morocco Arabis nuristanica Kitam. 1958 eastern Afghanistan Arabis nuttalliiNuttall's rockcress (Kuntze) B.L.Rob. (1891) 1895 western Canada and northwestern and western United States Arabis olympica Piper 1913 Washington Arabis oreganaOregon rockcress Rollins 1941 southwestern Oregon and northern California Arabis ottonis-schulzii Bornm. & Gauba 1935 central Iran Arabis × palezieuxii(A. alpina × A. hirsuta) Beauverd 1913 France and Switzerland Arabis paniculata Franch. 1889 western Himalayas to central China Arabis parvula Dufour ex DC. 1821 northwestern Africa and central and southern Spain Arabis patens Sull. 1819 east-central United States Arabis piluchiensis S.S.Ying 2022 Taiwan Arabis planisiliqua (Pers.) Rchb. 1837 southern and east-central Europe to western Siberia, the Caucasus, and Iran Arabis procurrensSpreading rockcress, Running rockcress Waldst. & Kit. 1803 southeastern Europe Arabis pubescens (Desf.) Poir. 1811 northwestern Africa Arabis purpurea Sm. 1813 Cyprus (Troödos Mountains) Arabis pycnocarpaCreamflower rockcress, slender rockcress M.Hopkins 1937 Canada and western, northern, and eastern United States Arabis quinqueloba O.E.Schulz 1927 western Himalaya Arabis rosea DC. 1821 Greece, Italy, and Sicily Arabis sagittata (Bertol.) DC. 1815 southern, central, and eastern Europe, Algeria, Siberia, Western Asia, north-central china, and Russian Far East Arabis scabraBristol rockcress All. 1785 Europe Arabis scopoliana Boiss. 1842 Albania and former Yugoslavia Arabis serpyllifolia Vill. 1779 Pyrenees, Jura, Alps, Dinaric Mountains Arabis serrata Franch. & Sav. 1875 China (Anhui), Japan, Korea, Sakhalin, Taiwan Arabis shengkuangshanensis S.S.Ying 2022 Taiwan Arabis soyeri Reut. & A.L.P.Huet 1853 European mountains Arabis stelleri DC. 1821 Japan, Korea, and Russian Far East Arabis stellulata Desv. & Berthel. 1813 Alps and central Italy Arabis stenocarpa Boiss. & Reut. 1842 Iberian Peninsula Arabis subdecumbens Emb. & Maire 1931 Morocco Arabis subflava B.M.G.Jones 1964 southern Greece Arabis sudetica Tausch 1836 east-central and southeastern Europe and Turkey Arabis taihumilis S.S.Ying 1903 Taiwan Arabis tanakana Makino 1903 Japan (Honshu: Mt. Shirane and Mt. Shirouma) Arabis tianschanica Pavlov 1954 Tajikistan Arabis tunetana Murb. 1905 Tunisia Arabis verdieri Quézel 1972 Morocco Arabis verna (L.) W.T.Aiton 1812 Mediterranean shore Arabis watsonii (P.H.Davis) F.K.Mey. 2006 southeastern Turkey
Artificial hybrid and unplaced species Species name Parent species Author Year Distribution Image Arabis × arendsiiartificial hybrid A. caucasica x A. aubrietioides H.R.Wehrh. 1931 North Europe & United States Arabis × digeneaunplaced A. procurrens x A. scopoliana Fritsch 1895 Sweden Arabis × kellereriunplaced A. bryoides x A. ferdinandi-coburgii Sund. 1925 United States
Formerly placed here Altriarabis amplexicaulis (as Arabis amplexicaulis ) Altriarabis pterosperma (as Arabis pterosperma ) Arabidopsis halleri (as Arabis halleri ) Arabidopsis lyrata (as Arabis lyrata ) Barbamine sachokiana (as Arabis sachokiana ) Catolobus pendulus (as Arabis pendulus ) Crucihimalaya rupicola (as Arabis rupicola ) Crucihimalaya tenuisiliqua (as Arabis tenuisiliqua ) Crucihimalaya tibetica (as Arabis tibetica ) Draba rimarum (as Arabis rimarum ) Hurkaea conringioides (as Arabis conringioides ) Hurkaea josiae (as Arabis josiae ) Olimarabidopsis pumila (as Arabis foliosa ) Parryodes axilliflora (as Arabis axilliflora ) Scapiarabis ariana (as Arabis ariana ) Scapiarabis karategina (as Arabis karategina ) Scapiarabis popovii (as Arabis popovii ) Scapiarabis saxicola (as Arabis saxicola ) Sinoarabis setosifolia (as Arabis setosifolia ) Turritis glabra (as Arabis glabra )
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References
External links Arabis genus at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility