''Turritis'' (commonly known as towercress or tower mustard) is a plant

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

in the family

Brassicaceae Brassicaceae () or (the older but equally valid) Cruciferae () is a medium-sized and economically important Family (biology), family of flowering plants commonly known as the mustards, the crucifers, or the cabbage family. Most are herbaceous pla ...

. It contains the following two species: The entire dataset is at *'' Turritis glabra'' (tower rockcress) *'' Turritis laxa'' Various other species have formerly been included in ''Turritis''. The following list of synonyms is from ''

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'' version 1.3: * ''Turritis alpina'' → '' Arabis ciliata'' * ''Turritis auriculata'' → '' Arabis auriculata'' * ''Turritis brachycarpa'' → '' Boechera grahamii'' * ''Turritis brassica'' → '' Fourraea alpina'' * ''Turritis caerulea'' → '' Arabis caerulea'' * ''Turritis chilensis'' → '' Rorippa coxii'' * ''Turritis ciliata'' → '' Arabis ciliata'' * ''Turritis dregeana'' → '' Turritis glabra'' * ''Turritis drummondii'' → '' Boechera angustifolia'' * ''Turritis falcata'' → '' Boechera falcata'' * ''Turritis gerardii'' → '' Arabis nemorensis'' * ''Turritis grahamii'' → '' Boechera grahamii'' * ''Turritis hirsuta'' → ''

Arabis hirsuta ''Arabis hirsuta'', known as hairy rock-cress, is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. In previous North American works, this species has been broadly defined to include plants native to Europe, Asia, and the northern half of North Amer ...

'' * ''Turritis hispidula'' → '' Exhalimolobos hispidulus'' * ''Turritis laevigata'' → '' Borodinia laevigata'' * ''Turritis lasiophylla'' → '' Streptanthus lasiophyllus'' * ''Turritis loeselii'' → '' Sisymbrium loeselii'' * ''Turritis macrocarpa'' → '' Turritis glabra'' * ''Turritis mollis'' → '' Crucihimalaya bursifolia'' * ''Turritis nemorensis'' → '' Arabis nemorensis'' * ''Turritis nova'' → '' Arabis nova'' subsp. ''nova'' * ''Turritis ochroleuca'' → '' Pseudoturritis turrita'' * ''Turritis patula'' → '' Arabis auriculata'' * ''Turritis patula'' → '' Boechera grahamii'' * ''Turritis pauciflora'' → '' Fourraea alpina'' * ''Turritis planisiliqua'' → '' Arabis planisiliqua'' * ''Turritis praecox'' → '' Arabis planisiliqua'' * ''Turritis pseudoturritis'' → '' Turritis glabra'' * ''Turritis pubescens'' → '' Arabis pubescens'' subsp. ''pubescens'' * ''Turritis purpurea'' → '' Arabis verna'' * ''Turritis retrofracta'' → '' Boechera retrofracta'' * ''Turritis sagittata'' → '' Arabis sagittata'' * ''Turritis salsuginea'' → '' Eutrema salsugineum'' * ''Turritis setosa'' → '' Coincya monensis'' subsp. ''cheiranthos'' * ''Turritis spathulata'' → '' Arabis eschscholtziana'' * ''Turritis stricta'' → '' Arabis allionii'' * ''Turritis stricta'' → '' Boechera angustifolia'' * ''Turritis stricta'' → '' Turritis glabra''

References

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* * Brassicaceae genera {{Brassicales-stub