Arabis 2005767 226144700 2008-07-17T00:48:44Z IceCreamAntisocial 346507 move pic {{For|the Royal New Zealand Navy corvette|HMNZS Arabis (K 385)}} {{Taxobox | name = ''Arabis'' | image = Arabis_ferdinandi-coburgii.JPG | image_width = 250px | image_caption = ''[[Arabis ferdinandi-coburgii]]'' | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Brassicales]] | familia = [[Brassicaceae]] | genus = '''''Arabis''''' | genus_authority = [[Michel Adanson|Adans.]] | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. }} '''''Arabis''''' ('''rockcress''') is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s, within the family [[Brassicaceae]], subfamily [[Brassicoideae]]. [[Image:Arabis_procurrens1.jpg|right|thumb|250px|''[[Arabis procurrens]]'' flowers]] Though traditionally recognized as a large genus with many [[Old World]] and [[New World]] members, more recent evaluations of the relationships among these species using genetic data suggest that there are two major groups within the old genus ''Arabis''. These two groups are not each others closest relatives, so have been split into two separate genera. The Old World members all remain in the genus ''Arabis'', whereas most of the New World members have been moved into the genus ''[[Boechera]]'', with only a few remaining in ''Arabis''. The species are [[herbaceous]] [[annual plant|annual]] or [[perennial plant]]s, growing to 10-80 cm tall, usually densely hairy, with simple entire to lobed [[leaf|leaves]] 1-6 cm long, and small white four-petalled [[flower]]s. The [[fruit]] is a long, slender [[capsule (fruit)|capsule]] containing 10-20 or more [[seed]]s. Some species, notably ''A. alpina'', are cultivated as [[ornamental plant]]s in [[garden]]s. Many others are regarded as [[weed]]s. ;Selected species *''[[Arabis alaschanica]]'' *''[[Arabis alpina]]'' (Alpine Rockcress) *''[[Arabis amplexicaulis]]'' *''[[Arabis auriculata]]'' *''[[Arabis axilliflora]]'' *''[[Arabis bijuga]]'' *''[[Arabis blepharophylla]]'' (Coast Rockcress) *''[[Arabis brownii]]'' (Fringed Rockcress; syn. ''A. hirsuta'' var. ''brownii'') *''[[Arabis canadensis]]'' *''[[Arabis caucasica]]'' *''[[Arabis ciliata]]'' *''[[Arabis ferdinandi-coburgii]]'' *''[[Arabis flagellosa]]'' *''[[Arabis fruticulosa]]'' *''[[Arabis glabra]]'' (Tower Mustard) *''[[Arabis hirsuta]]'' (Hairy Rockcress) *''[[Arabis hoffmanii]]'' *''[[Arabis kokonica]]'' *''[[Arabis paniculata]]'' *''[[Arabis pauciflora]]'' *''[[Arabis pendula]]'' *''[[Arabis planisiliqua]]'' *''[[Arabis procurrens]]'' *''[[Arabis pterosperma]]'' *''[[Arabis recta]]'' (Annual Rockcress) *''[[Arabis sagittata]]'' *''[[Arabis scabra]]'' (Bristol Rockcress) *''[[Arabis serrata]]'' *''[[Arabis setosifolia]]'' *''[[Arabis stelleri]]'' *''[[Arabis tibetica]]'' *''[[Arabis turrita]]'' (Tower Rockcress) [[Category:Arabis|*]] {{Brassicales-stub}} [[da:Kalkkarse]] [[de:Gänsekressen]] [[es:Arabis]] [[fr:Arabette]] [[hsb:Husowka]] [[lt:Vaistutis]] [[nl:Scheefkelk]] [[pl:Gęsiówka]] [[pt:Arabis]]