# Chorispora

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Chorispora_tenella_4239.JPG
| image_caption = ''[Chorispora tenella](/source/Chorispora_tenella)''
| taxon = Chorispora
| authority = [R.Br.](/source/R.Br.) ex [DC.](/source/DC.)<ref>De Candolle. Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 7(1): 237. 1821.</ref>
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
| synonyms = ''Chorispermum'' {{small|[W.T.Aiton](/source/W.T.Aiton)}}
| synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Chorispora'' R.Br. ex DC. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:12444-1 |website=[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) |publisher=[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Kew) |access-date=25 September 2025}}</ref>
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'''''Chorispora''''' is a genus of plant in the family [Brassicaceae](/source/Brassicaceae). It includes 13 species native to Eurasia, ranging from southeastern Europe to the Arabian Peninsula, China, and Siberia.<ref name = powo/>

''[Chorispora tenella](/source/Chorispora_tenella)'', known by several common names, including '''purple mustard''', '''blue mustard''', '''musk mustard''', and '''crossflower''' is native to Eurasia but is well known in other parts of the world, particularly in temperate regions, as an [introduced species](/source/introduced_species) and a [noxious weed](/source/noxious_weed).

== Species ==
13 species are accepted.<ref name = powo/>
* ''[Chorispora bungeana](/source/Chorispora_bungeana)'' {{small|Fisch. & C.A. Mey.}}
* ''[Chorispora gracilis](/source/Chorispora_gracilis)'' {{small|Ernst}}
* ''[Chorispora greigii](/source/Chorispora_greigii)'' {{small|Regel}}
* ''[Chorispora iberica](/source/Chorispora_iberica)'' {{small|(M.Bieb.) DC.}}     
* ''[Chorispora insignis](/source/Chorispora_insignis)'' {{small|Pachom.}}    
* ''[Chorispora macropoda](/source/Chorispora_macropoda)'' {{small|Trautv.}}
* ''[Chorispora persica](/source/Chorispora_persica)'' {{small|Boiss.}}
* ''[Chorispora purpurascens](/source/Chorispora_purpurascens)'' {{small|(Banks & Sol.) Eig}}
* ''[Chorispora sabulosa](/source/Chorispora_sabulosa)'' {{small|Cambess.}}
* ''[Chorispora sibirica](/source/Chorispora_sibirica)'' {{small|(L.) DC.}}
* ''[Chorispora songarica](/source/Chorispora_songarica)'' {{small|Schrenk}} 
* ''[Chorispora tashkorganica](/source/Chorispora_tashkorganica)'' {{small|Al-Shehbaz, T.Y.Cheo, L.L.Lu & G.Yang}}
* ''[Chorispora tenella](/source/Chorispora_tenella)'' {{small|(Pall.) DC.}}

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:Brassicaceae genera
Category:Flora of the Palearctic realm
Category:Taxa described in 1821
Category:Taxa named by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle

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