Diplotaxis

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Wall rocket
Diplotaxis muralis flower
Diplotaxis muralis flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Diplotaxis
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Species

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Diplotaxis tenuifolia foliage
Diplotaxis tenuifolia foliage

Diplotaxis (wall-rocket) is a genus of about 30-35 species of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to Europe, the Mediterranean region, and Macaronesia; the species diversity is highest in northwest Africa and Cape Verde.

They are annual or perennial plants, either herbaceous or sub-shrubby with a woody base. The flowers are yellow in many species, white in some.

Species
  • Diplotaxis acris (Forssk.) Boiss.
  • Diplotaxis antoniensis Rustan
  • Diplotaxis assurgens (Delile) Thell.
  • Diplotaxis berthautii Braun-Blanq. & Maire
  • Diplotaxis brevisiliqua (Coss.) Mart.-Laborde
  • Diplotaxis catholica (L.) DC.
  • Diplotaxis decumbens (A.Chev.) Rustan & L.Borgen
  • Diplotaxis duveyrieriana Cosson
  • Diplotaxis erucoides (L.) DC. (syn. D. valentina Pau) – White Wall-rocket
  • Diplotaxis glauca (J.A.Schmidt) O.E.Schulz
  • Diplotaxis gorgadensis Rustan
  • Diplotaxis gracilis (Webb) O.E.Schulz
  • Diplotaxis griffithii (Hook.f. & Thoms.) Boiss.
  • Diplotaxis harra (Forssk.) Boiss.
  • Diplotaxis hirta (A.Chev.) Rustan & L.Borgen
  • Diplotaxis ibicensis (Pau) Gómez-Campo
  • Diplotaxis lagascana DC.
  • Diplotaxis muralis (L.) DC. – Annual Wall-rocket
  • Diplotaxis ollivieri Maire
  • Diplotaxis pitardiana Maire
  • Diplotaxis scaposa DC.
  • Diplotaxis siettiana Maire
  • Diplotaxis siifolia G.Kuntze
  • Diplotaxis simplex (Viv.) Sprengel
  • Diplotaxis sundingii Rustan
  • Diplotaxis tenuifolia (L.) DC. (syn. Sisymbrium tenuifolium L.) – Perennial Wall-rocket
  • Diplotaxis tenuisiliqua Delile
  • Diplotaxis varia Rustan
  • Diplotaxis villosa Boulos & Jallad
  • Diplotaxis viminea (L.) DC.
  • Diplotaxis vicentina (Coutinho) Rothm.
  • Diplotaxis virgata (Cav.) DC.
  • Diplotaxis vogelii (Webb) Cout.

Sources:[1][2][3]

[edit] Cultivation and uses

Some species, such as D. tenuifolia, can be used as leaf vegetables; they are similar to Eruca sativa in their peppery flavour and are used interchangeably with it.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Med-Checklist: Diplotaxis, Diplotaxis acris agg., Diplotaxis catholica agg.
  2. ^ African Flowering Plants Database: Diplotaxis
  3. ^ Flora of Pakistan: Diplotaxis