{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Peltaria alliacea3.JPG |image_caption = ''Peltaria alliacea'' |taxon = Peltaria |authority = Jacq. |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text }}
'''''Peltaria''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae. Their distribution ranges from Southeast Europe, Near East to Central Asia. They prefer rocky slopes.
''Peltraria'' species are perennials with white or rosa flowers. They are glabrous with sessile, entire and simple leaves. Their siliculae are pendent, very flat, on a short decent style.
thumb|110px|Silicula According to Warwick, Francis and Al-Shehbaz<ref>Warwick, Francis and Al-Shehbaz: Checklist of Brassicaceae</ref> and Kubitzki<ref>see Kubitzki and Bayer, Volume V, page 148</ref> this genus comprises four species, two of which occur in Europe.<ref>see Flora Europaea, Volume 1, page 358</ref>
;Species *''Peltaria alliacea'' Jacq. from Southeast Austria to Romania and Albania, chromosome number 2n=14 (28,56). *''Peltaria angustifolia'' DC. in the Near East (Israel:<ref>[http://www.wildflowers.co.il/english/plant.asp?ID=820 Peltaria angustifolia: description, map, photos]</ref> Golan, Hermon mountains; Jordan, Iraq, Iran). Further photos in the flora of Israel.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://flora.huji.ac.il/browse.asp?action=showfile&fileid=10884&from=action=specie%26specie=PELANG%26fileid=10884 |title=Flora of Israel online |access-date=2009-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214184100/http://flora.huji.ac.il/browse.asp?action=showfile&fileid=10884&from=action=specie%26specie=PELANG%26fileid=10884 |archive-date=2012-02-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Chromosome number 2n=14. *''Peltaria emarginata'' (Boiss.) Hausskn. (Syn.: ''Leptoplax emarginata'' (Boiss.) O.E.Schulz) endemic to Greece. This plant accumulates nickel in its leaves. *''Peltaria turkmena'' Lipsky in Central Asia. Photo,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.agbina.com/site.xp/053057048124050053052048.html |title=Photos of several Peltaria species |access-date=2009-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313043206/http://www.agbina.com/site.xp/053057048124050053052048.html |archive-date=2016-03-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref> map.<ref>[http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20m?kind=Peltaria+turkmena map]</ref> Chromosome number 2n=14.
== References == {{Reflist}}
== Publications == * Klaus Kubitzki, Clemens Bayer (Ed.): ''The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, Vol.V''. SpringerPubl., Berlin 2002, {{ISBN|978-3-540-42873-2}} * Thomas Gaskell Tutin et al. (Ed.): ''Flora Europaea: Psilotaceae to Platanaceae, Vol. 1''. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK) 1980, {{ISBN|0-521-41007-X}} * Roger D. Reeves, Robert R. Brooks, J.Robert Press: ''Nickel accumulation by species of Peltaria Jacq. (Cruciferae)''. In: Taxon Vol. 29, 1980, p. 629-633. * S.I. Warwick, I.A. Al-Shehbaz: ''Brassicaceae: Chromosome number index and database on CD-Rom''. In: Plant Systematics and Evolution. Vol. 259, 2006, p. 237–248. DOI 10.1007/s00606-006-0421-1 * S.I. Warwick, A. Francis, I.A. Al-Shehbaz: ''Brassicaceae: Species checklist and database on CD-Rom''. In: Plant Systematics and Evolution, Vol. 259, 2006, p. 249-258. DOI 10.1007/s00606-006-0422-0 * [http://data.gbif.org/species/14729988 Global Biodiversity Information Facility]
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Category:Brassicaceae genera Category:Taxa named by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin