Genus of flowering plants
Eutrema
Eutrema tenue in bloom
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade :
Tracheophytes
Clade :
Angiosperms
Clade :
Eudicots
Clade :
Rosids
Order:
Brassicales
Family:
Brassicaceae
Genus:
Eutrema R.Br. (1824)[ 1]
Species[ 2]
45; see text
Synonyms [ 2]
Chalcanthus Boiss. (1867) Cordatifolium Y.Z.Zhao (2018) Esquiroliella H.Lev. (1916) Glaribraya H.Hara (1978) Hengduanshania Y.Z.Zhao (2018) Martinella H.Lev. (1904), nom. illeg. Neomartinella Pilg. (1906) Pegaeophyton Hayek & Hand.-Mazz. (1922) Platycraspedum O.E.Schulz (1922) Taphrospermum C.A.Mey. (1831) Thellungiella O.E. Schulz (1924) Wasabia Matsum. (1899)
Eutrema genus of flowering plants of the family Brassicaceae , native to the Holarctic . Its best known member is wasabi , Eutrema japonicum . The name comes from the Greek εὐ- (eu- ) 'well' et τρῆμα (trêma ) 'hole', because of a hole in the septum of the fruit.[ 3]
It is native to subarctic and subalpine regions of Eurasia and North America and to temperate Asia.[ 2]
Species
Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of April 2024:[ 2]
Eutrema altaicum (C.A.Mey.) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick Eutrema angustiseptatum (Al-Shehbaz, T.Y.Cheo, L.L.Lu & G.Yang) Al-Shehbaz Eutrema baimashanicum Al-Shehbaz, G.Q.Hao & J.Quan Liu Eutrema botschantzevii (D.A.German) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick Eutrema boufordii Al-Shehbaz Eutrema bulbiferum Y.Xiao & D.K.Tian Eutrema cordifolium Turcz. ex Ledeb. Eutrema deltoideum (Hook.f. & Thomson) O.E.Schulz Eutrema edwardsii R.Br. Eutrema fontanum (Maxim.) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick Eutrema giganteum G.Q.Hao, Al-Shehbaz & J.Quan Liu Eutrema grandiflorum (Al-Shehbaz) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick Eutrema halophilum (C.A.Mey.) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick Eutrema heterophyllum (W.W.Sm.) H.Hara Eutrema himalaicum Hook.f. & Thomson Eutrema integrifolium (DC.) Bunge Eutrema japonicum (Miq.) Koidz. – Japan; "wasabi"; common condimentEutrema lowndesii (H.Hara) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick Eutrema minutissimum (O.E.Schulz) D.A.German & Al-Shehbaz Eutrema nanum G.Q.Hao, J.Quan Liu & Al-Shehbaz Eutrema nepalense (Al-Shehbaz, Kats.Arai & H.Ohba) Al-Shehbaz, G.Q.Hao & J.Quan Liu Eutrema parviflorum Turcz. ex Ledeb. Eutrema penlandii Rollins – Colorado, United States; "Mosquito Range mustard"Eutrema platypetalum (Schrenk) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick Eutrema pseudocordifolium Popov Eutrema purii (D.S.Rawat, L.R.Dangwal & R.D.Gaur) Al-Shehbaz, G.Q.Hao & J.Quan Liu Eutrema racemosum Al-Shehbaz, G.Q.Hao & J.Quan Liu Eutrema renifolium (Boiss. & Hohen.) Al-Shehbaz, G.Q.Hao & J.Quan Liu Eutrema salsugineum (Pall.) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick – Central Asia to North America; "saltwater cress"; extreme halophyte, model organism for salt toleranceEutrema scapiflorum (Hook.f. & Thomson) Al-Shehbaz, G.Q.Hao & J.Quan Liu Eutrema schulzii Al-Shehbaz & Warwick Eutrema sherriffii Al-Shehbaz & Warwick Eutrema sinense (Hemsl.) G.Q.Hao, J.Quan Liu & Al-Shehbaz Eutrema sulphureum (Al-Shehbaz) Al-Shehbaz Eutrema tenue (Miq.) Makino – Japan; "yuriwasabi"; probably paraphyletic: some samples are closer to E. yunnanense , others closer to E. japonicum [ 4] Eutrema thibeticum Franch. Eutrema tianshanense G.Q.Hao, J.Quan Liu & Al-Shehbaz Eutrema verticillatum (Jeffrey & W.W.Sm.) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick Eutrema violifolium (H.Lév.) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick Eutrema watsonii (Al-Shehbaz) Al-Shehbaz Eutrema wuchengyii (Al-Shehbaz, T.Y.Cheo, L.L.Lu & G.Yang) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick Eutrema xingshanense (Z.E.Chao, Z.L.Ning & X.W.Hu) G.Q.Hao, Al-Shehbaz & J.Quan Liu Eutrema yungshunense (W.T.Wang) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick Eutrema yunnanense Franch. Eutrema zhuxiense Q.L.Gan & Xin W.Li
References
^ Chloris Melvilliana a list of plants collected in Melville Island (latitude 74-75 N., longitude 110-112 W.) in the year 1820; by the officers of the voyage of discovery under the orders of Captain Parry, with characters and descriptions of the new genera and species 9–10, pl. A. 1823.
^ a b c d "Eutrema R.Br" . Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 3 April 2024 .^ "Eutrema R. Brown" . Flora of North America . 5 November 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2023 .^ Haga, Natsuko; Kobayashi, Masaaki; Michiki, Nana; Takano, Tomoyuki; Baba, Fujio; Kobayashi, Keiko; Ohyanagi, Hajime; Ohgane, Jun; Yano, Kentaro; Yamane, Kyoko (7 October 2019). "Complete chloroplast genome sequence and phylogenetic analysis of wasabi (Eutrema japonicum) and its relatives" . Scientific Reports . 9 (1): 14377. Bibcode :2019NatSR...914377H . doi :10.1038/s41598-019-49667-z . PMC 6779752 PMID 31591417 .
