Aethionema

taxobox
name = "Aethionema"

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image_caption = "Aethionema grandiflorum"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Brassicales
familia = Brassicaceae
genus = "Aethionema"
genus_authority = R. Br.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.|

"Aethionema" is a genus of flowering plants, within the family Brassicaceae, subfamily Brassicoideae. The genus is collectively known as the stonecresses.

"Aethionema" species are grown as herbaceous perennials by gardeners.

Species include:
*"Aethionema antitaurus"
*"Aethionema cordifolia": Lebanon stonecress
*"Aethionema grandiflorum": Persian stonecress
*"Aethionema iberideum"
*"Aethionema oppositifolium"
*"Aethionema retsina"
*"Aethionema saxatile" (syn. "Aurinia saxatilis") [ITIS|ID=565717]
*"Aethionema thomasianum"

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