Subularia
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 Illustration of Subularia aquatica
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Subularia aquatica L.[1] |
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Consana Adanson |
Subularia is a genus of the mustard family Brassicaceae that has just a few species Subularia aquatica and Subularia texana in the Northern Hemisphere and Subularia monticola in Africa. Subularia are mustards that make their homes in moist soils.
[edit] Description
Annual herbs that live in the water or along side of it.
- Stems and leaves
- Plants without hairs; fleshy leaves all growing from the base, arranged in little roselike clusters. Individual leaves are fleshy, very narrow and with an evenly continuous edge.
- Flowers
- Few flowered in elongated clusters of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first. Sepals ascending to erect, white petals, spatulate to oblong, not clearly clawed and sometimes lacking.
- Fruits
- Narrow elongated seed capsule which is peculiar to the family Brassicaceae.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Subularia (HTML). Index Nominum Genericorum. International Association for Plant Taxonomy (1996-02-09). Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
- ^ Subularia L. (HTML). African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
- ^ Tropicos. Subularia texana B.L. Rob. (HTML). Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
- ^ "Cruciferae", The families and genera of vascular plants. Springer Science+Business Media. ISBN 3540428739. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
[edit] External links
The Wikimedia Commons has media related to Subularia.- This article incorporates text from the public domain 1913 Webster's Dictionary.
- LINN 822.2 Subularia sp. (Herb Linn) (HTML). The Linnean Collections. Linnean Society of London. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
- Linné,, Carl von (1753). Species plantarum :exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas... (HTML). Missouri Botanical Garden - Tropicos. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
- Subularia (TSN 23022). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 7 May 2008.
- Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (2006-03-31). Genus: Subularia L. (HTML). Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
- Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). PLANTS Profile, Subularia (HTML). The PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
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