Pachymitus

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Pachymitus
File:Pachymitus cardaminoides.jpg
Pachymitus cardaminoides at Terrick Terrick National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Pachymitus
O.E.Schulz
Species:
P. cardaminoides
Binomial name
Pachymitus cardaminoides
(F.Muell.) O.E.Schulz[1]
Synonyms
  • Blennodia cardaminoides (F.Muell.) Benth.
  • Blennodia lucae (F.Muell.) Maiden & Betche
  • Erysimum lucae F.Muell.
  • Pachymitus lucae (F.Muell.) O.E.Schulz
  • Sisymbrium cardaminoides F.Muell.
  • Sisymbrium lucae (F.Muell.) F.Muell.

Pachymitus is a monotypic plant genus in the mustard family Brassicaceae. The sole species is Pachymitus cardaminoides, commonly known as sand cress, which is native to Australia.[2][3] It occurs in the states of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.[2]

Originally collected from near the mouth of the Murray River, the species was originally described as Sisymbrium cardaminoides by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1855,[4] before the genus Pachymitus was erected by Otto Eugen Schulz in 1924.[1]

Pachymitus cardaminoides is a small herbaceous shrub which grows to 30 cm (12 in) in height. It is found in inland New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia.[5]

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