Vella L.
Genus composed of 7 species, typical of the western Mediterranean, including 3 in North Africa, spread through the Algerian-Moroccan high plateaux and the High Atlas.
Fernández Casas, J. 1982. De flora occidentale. Fontqueria, 1: 9-12.
Gómez-Campo, C. 1981. Taxonomic and evolutionary relationship in the genus Vella L. (Cruciferae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 82: 165-179.
Key to species
1 Subshrub spiny, racemes with 4-6 flowers Vella mairei
1 Subshrub not spiny, racemnes with 6-35 flowers 2
2 Upper part of the silicle suborbicular, same length or slightly longer than the lower. Steppic subshrub Vella pseudocytisus
2 Upper part of the silicle lanceolate, same width and 1.5 times longer than the lower. Subshrub of high Mediterranean mountains Vella anremerica
Updated by: J.F. Mota, F.J. Pérez García & J. Charco.