Chlorocrambe is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.[2] It includes a single species, Chlorocrambe hastata, a perennial native to Idaho, Oregon, and Utah in the western United States.[1]

Chlorocrambe
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Chlorocrambe
Rydb.
Species:
C. hastata
Binomial name
Chlorocrambe hastata
(S.Watson) Rydb.
Synonyms[1]
  • Caulanthus hastatus S.Watson
  • Streptanthus hastatus (S.Watson) M.E.Peck

The species was first described as Caulanthus hastatus by Sereno Watson in 1871. In 1907 Per Axel Rydberg placed the species in the new monotypic genus Chlorocrambe as Chlorocrambe hastata.[1]

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