Hesperis

Hesperis matronalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Brassicales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Brassicales

Familia: Brassicaceae
Tribus: Hesperideae
Genus: Hesperis
Sectiones: H. sect. Contorta – H. sect. Cvelevia – H. sect. Delicatae – H. sect. Diaplictos – H. sect. Hesperis – H. sect. Mediterranea – H. sect. Pachycarpos
Species: H. anatolica – H. armena – H. bakhtiarica – H. balansae – H. bicuspidata – H. blakelockii – H. boissieriana – H. borbasii – H. bottae – H. breviscapa – H. burdurensis – H. buschiana – H. cilicica – H. ciscaucasica – H. dinarica – H. dvorakii – H. hamzaoglui – H. hedgei – H. hirsutissima – H. hyrcana – H. ilamica – H. inodora – H. isatidea – H. kitiana – H. kotschyi – H. kuerschneri – H. kurdica – H. laciniata – H. luristanica – H. matronalis – H. microcalyx – H. muglensis – H. multicaulis – H. nivalis – H. novakii – H. odorata – H. ozcelikii – H. oznur-duraniae – H. pendula – H. persica – H. pisidica – H. podocarpa – H. sibirica – H. sivasica – H. slovaca – H. steveniana – H. straussii – H. sylvestris – H. syriaca – H. theophrasti – H. thyrsoidea – H. tosyaensis – H. tristis – H. turkmendaghensis – H. zaferi

This taxon list was last updated on 10 Mar 2025.

Name

Hesperis L. Sp. Pl. 1: 663 (1753).

Type species: H. matronalis L. (1753)

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Antoniana Bubani, Fl. Pyrenaea 3: 170. 1901, nom. illeg. non Tussac (1818)
Heterotypic
- Deilosma (DC.) Andrz. ex Bess., Enum. Pl. 2: 82 (1822).
  - Type species: non design.
- Deilosma Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. Phan. 6: 397. 1838, nom. illeg. non Bess. (1821)
  - Type species: D. tristis (L.) Spach
- Tchihatchewia Boiss. in P.A. Tchichatscheff, Asie Min., Bot. 1: 292 (1860).
- Kladnia Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 53 (1866).
  - Type species: K. tristis Schur
- Sperihedium V.I.Dorof., Konspekt Fl. Vost. Evr. 1: 379 (2012).
  - Type species: S. triste (L.) V.I.Dorof.

Note: The traditional sectional circumscription above was fundamentally questioned by Farouji et al. (2018), but as yet there is no taxonomic replacement. In addition, it relies on species from Turkey and therefor there are many unsubscribed species.

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 663. Reference page.

Additional references

Cullen, J. 1965. Hesperis. Pp. 452–460 in Davis, P.H. (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Vol. 1 (Pteridophyta to Polygalaceae). 567 pp., Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh. Internet Archive, Lending Library Reference page.
Davis, P.H., Mill, R.R. & Tan, K. (eds.) 1988. Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Vol. 10 (Supplement). xxi + 590 pp., Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, ISBN 0-85224-559-9. Reference page.

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Duran, A. & Çetin, Ö. 2016. New species and a synonym of the genus Hesperis (Brassicaceae) from Turkey. Turkish Journal of Botany 40(1): 87–96. DOI: 10.3906/bot-1407-71 . Reference page.
Duran, A. & Ocak, A., 2005. Hesperis turkmendaghensis (sect. Hesperis) (Cruciferae/Brassicaceae), a new species from the Central Anatolia region, Turkey. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 147(2): 239–247. PDF DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2005.00364.x Reference page.
Duran, A. 2008. Two New Species With Pendulous Fruits in Hesperis (Brassicaceae) from South Anatolia, Turkey. Novon 18(4): 453-463. DOI: 10.3417/2006175, JSTOR . ResearchGate . BHL. Reference page.
Duran, A. 2009. Hesperis ozcelikii (Brassicaceae), a New Species from Turkey. Annales Botanici Fennici 46(6): 577–584. DOI: 10.5735/085.046.0613 JSTOR ResearchGate. Reference page.
Duran, A. 2016. A taxonomic update of the genus Hesperis in Turkey. 5th International Conference on Agriculture, Environment and Biological Sciences (ICAEBS-16), Pattaya, Thailand, pp. 26–29. ResearchGate . Reference page.
Duran, A., Ünal, F., Pınar, N.M. & Çetin, Ö. 2011. Morphological, palynological, seed-coat surface and Karyological studies of Hesperis bicuspidata and H. stellata (Cruciferae) from Turkey. Nordic Journal of Botany 29: 641-651. DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2011.00997.x . Reference page.
Dvořák, F. 1966. Hesperis luristanica Dvořák sp. nova. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 69: 29 –33. PDF. JSTOR .Reference page.
Dvořák, F. 1968. Contributions to the Flora of Iraq: VI: New Taxa in Hesperis L. (Cruciferae). Kew Bulletin 21(3), 459-461. DOI: 10.2307/4107927 . Reference page.
Farouji, A.M., Khodayari, H., Assadi, M., Özüdoğru, B., Çetin, Ö., Mummenhoff, K. & Bhattacharya, S. 2018. Numerical taxonomy contributes to delimitation of Iranian and Turkish Hesperis L. (Brassicaceae) species. Phytotaxa 367(2): 101–119. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.367.2.1 . ResearchGate . Reference page.
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German, D.A. & Al-Shehbaz, I.A. 2018. A reconsideration of Pseudofortuynia and Tchihatchewia as synonyms of Sisymbrium and Hesperis, respectively (Brassicaceae). Phytotaxa 334(1): 95–98. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.334.1.17 PDF from Research Gate Reference page.
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Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Hesperis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec. 17. Reference page.
Koch, M.A. et al. 2019. Hesperis in BrassiBase Tools and biological resources to study characters and traits in the Brassicaceae. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jun 04.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Hesperis. Published online. Accessed: Jun 04 2019. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Hesperis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 Jun 2019.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Вячорніца
български: Вечерница
čeština: večernice
Deutsch: Nachtviolen
English: Dame's Rocket
suomi: Illakot
հայերեն: Երեկօրնիկ
ქართული: ღამის ია
қазақша: Ымыртгүл
lietuvių: Vakarutė
polski: Wieczornik
русский: Вечерница
slovenčina: večernica
svenska: Hesperissläktet
Türkçe: Akşamyıldızı
中文: 香花芥属

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