Thlaspi
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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 two 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.
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Thlaspi is a genus of plants within the family Brassicaceae. It belongs to the order Brassicales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta in the kingdom Plantae. The genus is commonly known as pennycress, Yarğanotu, Торбачнік, and penízek. Its taxonomic type is Thlaspi arvense, and it produces a fruit type called a silicle. The genus was described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
Records for Thlaspi have been documented in the United States, Brazil, China, Sweden, and Hungary. Institutions holding related records include HPC, WASH, DBG, NY, and UNM. There are 188,838 occurrence records, 711 iDigBio records, and 428 PubMed entries associated with the genus.
Synthesized by Vinony from 29 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, PubMed, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderBrassicales
- FamilyBrassicaceae
Die Hellerkräuter (Thlaspi), auch als Täschelkräuter bezeichnet, sind eine Pflanzengattung in der Familie der Kreuzblütengewächse (Brassicaceae). Die wenigen Arten sind in Eurasien und Ostafrika beheimatet. Die beiden in Mitteleuropa heimischen Arten sind in vielen Teilen der Welt Neophyten, beispielsweise in Nordamerika.
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 711
- With media
- 672
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Collections
- HPC, WASH, DBG, NY, UNM, UCR
- Recorded in
- United States, Brazil, China, Sweden, Hungary, Mexico, Iran
Research
428 papers- Thlaspi arvense suppresses gut microbiota related TNF inflammatory pathway to alleviates ulcerative colitis.Frontiers in immunology · 2025
- Domestication and engineering of pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.): challenges and opportunities for sustainable bio-based feedstocks.Planta · 2024
- Thlaspi caerulescens, an attractive model species to study heavy metal hyperaccumulation in plants.The New phytologist · 2003
- Potential insect threats to pennycress, Thlaspi arvense (Brassicales: Brassicaceae), an emerging oilseed cover crop.Journal of insect science (Online) · 2024
- Technologies enabling rapid crop improvements for sustainable agriculture: example pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.).Emerging topics in life sciences · 2021
via PubMed
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Image
- Thlaspi montanum eF.jpg
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- Commons category
- Thlaspi
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Thlaspi
- topic's main category
- Category:Thlaspi
- taxon common name
- mošnjak
- has fruit type
- silicle
- taxonomic type
- Thlaspi arvense
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Encyclopedic overview
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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 two 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.
== Species == thumb|left|Thlaspi arvense Nine species are accepted. Thlaspi armenum Thlaspi arvense – field penny-cress Thlaspi brevistylum Thlaspi ceratocarpon Thlaspi huetii Thlaspi inhumile Thlaspi kochianum Thlaspi roseolum Thlaspi syriacum
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