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penny cresses
Thlaspi
Thlaspi, or pennycress, is a genus of herbs of temperate regions of the Eurasian continent. They occur in Central and South Europe, South-West Asia and 2 species are endemic to China. The Thlaspi has been proven to be a hyperaccumulator of heavy metals such as zinc and cadmium and therefore may be used in phytoremediation initiatives.
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first
field penny-cress
speciesThlaspi arvense
Thlaspi huetii
speciesThlaspi huetii
Thlaspi brevistylum
speciesThlaspi brevistylum
Thlaspi trinervium
speciesThlaspi trinervium
Thlaspi ceratocarpon
speciesThlaspi ceratocarpon
Thlaspi armenum
speciesThlaspi armenum
Thlaspi inhumile
speciesThlaspi inhumile
Thlaspi roseolum
speciesThlaspi roseolum
Thlaspi kochianum
speciesThlaspi kochianum
Thlaspi syriacum
speciesThlaspi syriacum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.472
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.513
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.355
Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.191
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.341
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.340
Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.101
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.338
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.339
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.159
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.155
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.431
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Thlaspi in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 72396.