Coincya

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Genus Coincya

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Coincya

Coincya is a Genus of flowering plant that belongs to the family Brassicaceae and is endemic to the British Isles. Only three species of plant belong to the Genus, these being the Lundy Cabbage (Coincya wrightii), the nokkasinapit (Coincya cheiranthus) and Coincya monensis which has two subspecies C. m. monensis (the Isle of Man cabbage) and C. m. recurvata (the Star mustard).

The star mustard, a plant introduced to eight U.S. states is the same species as the Isle of Man cabbage but a different subspecies. It may have been introduced to the U.S. as the Isle of Man cabbage and subsequently evolved through the founder effect and geographic isolation into a new subspecies.

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  • GenusCoincya
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