Solms-laubachia
Solms-laubachia is a high-elevation genus of perennial herbs in the family Brassicaceae. It is named for the German botanist Hermann zu Solms-Laubach.
Taxonomy
In 2008, Yue et al. expanded Solms-laubachia, using molecular phylogenetics, to incorporate all Desideria species and one other species, Phaeonychium jafrii. They also described four new species.Distribution and habitat
Solms-laubachia species grow naturally in the Himalayan, Karakoram, Pamir and Hengduan mountains or, regionally, in an arc from Kyrgyzstan in the northwest to southeastern Tibet. Their habitat is scree slopes and rock crevices from to elevation.Species
34 species are accepted.Solms-laubachia albiflora Solms-laubachia angustifolia Solms-laubachia baiogoinensis Solms-laubachia calcicola Solms-laubachia eurycarpa Solms-laubachia flabellata Solms-laubachia grandiflora Solms-laubachia haranensis Solms-laubachia himalayensis Solms-laubachia incana Solms-laubachia jafrii Solms-laubachia kashgarica Solms-laubachia lanata Solms-laubachia lanuginosa Solms-laubachia linearifolia Solms-laubachia linearis Solms-laubachia marinellii Solms-laubachia mieheorum Solms-laubachia minor Solms-laubachia mirabilis Solms-laubachia nepalensis Solms-laubachia parryoides Solms-laubachia platycarpa Solms-laubachia prolifera Solms-laubachia pulcherrima Solms-laubachia pumila Solms-laubachia retropilosa Solms-laubachia stewartii Solms-laubachia sunhangiana Solms-laubachia surculosa Solms-laubachia tianbaoshanensis Solms-laubachia villosa Solms-laubachia xerophyta- ''Solms-laubachia zhongdianensis''