Eutrema

Eutrema
Eutrema tenue in bloom
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Eutrema
R.Br. (1824)[1]
Species[2]

45; see text

Synonyms[2]
  • Chalcanthus Boiss. (1867)
  • Cordatifolium Y.Z.Zhao (2018)
  • Esquiroliella H.Lev. (1916)
  • Glaribraya H.Hara (1978)
  • Hengduanshania Y.Z.Zhao (2018)
  • Martinella H.Lev. (1904), nom. illeg.
  • Neomartinella Pilg. (1906)
  • Pegaeophyton Hayek & Hand.-Mazz. (1922)
  • Platycraspedum O.E.Schulz (1922)
  • Taphrospermum C.A.Mey. (1831)
  • Thellungiella O.E. Schulz (1924)
  • Wasabia Matsum. (1899)

Eutrema is a genus of flowering plants of the family Brassicaceae, native to the Holarctic. Its best known member is wasabi, Eutrema japonicum. The name comes from the Greek εὐ- (eu-) 'well' et τρῆμα (trêma) 'hole', because of a hole in the septum of the fruit.[3]

It is native to subarctic and subalpine regions of Eurasia and North America and to temperate Asia.[2]

  1. ^ Chloris Melvilliana a list of plants collected in Melville Island (latitude 74-75 N., longitude 110-112 W.) in the year 1820; by the officers of the voyage of discovery under the orders of Captain Parry, with characters and descriptions of the new genera and species 9–10, pl. A. 1823.
  2. ^ a b c "Eutrema R.Br". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Eutrema R. Brown". Flora of North America. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2023..