Diplotaxis (plant)

Diplotaxis
Diplotaxis muralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Diplotaxis
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Foliage of Diplotaxis tenuifolia

Diplotaxis (wall-rocket) is a genus of 32–34 species of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae (Cruciferae), native to Europe, the Mediterranean region and Macaronesia; the species diversity is highest in the Iberian Peninsula, North Africa and the Cape Verde archipelago.[1] They are annual or perennial plants, either herbaceous or sub-shrubby with a woody base. The flowers are yellow in most species, but are white in Diplotaxis erucoides subsp. erucoides and violet in Diplotaxis subg. Hesperidium.[1] 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.

Species

Diplotaxis contains the following species:[1]

  • Diplotaxis acris (Forssk.) Boiss.
  • Diplotaxis antoniensis Rustan
  • Diplotaxis assurgens (Delile) Thell.
  • Diplotaxis berthautii Braun-Blanq. & Maire
  • Diplotaxis brachycarpa Godron
  • Diplotaxis brevisiliqua (Coss.) Mart.-Laborde
  • Diplotaxis catholica (L.) DC.
  • Diplotaxis cretacea Kolov
  • Diplotaxis erucoides (L.) DC. – white wall-rocket
  • Diplotaxis glauca (J.A.Schmidt) O.E.Schulz
  • Diplotaxis gorgadensis Rustan
  • Diplotaxis gracilis (Webb) O.E.Schulz
  • Diplotaxis griffithii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Boiss.
  • Diplotaxis harra (Forssk.) Boiss.
  • Diplotaxis hirta (A.Chev.) Rustan & L.Borgen
  • Diplotaxis ibicensis (Pau) Gómez-Campo
  • Diplotaxis ilorcitana (Sennen) Aedo, Mart.-Laborde & Muñoz Garm.
  • Diplotaxis kohlaanensis A. G. Miller & J. Nyberg
  • Diplotaxis muralis (L.) DC. – annual wall-rocket
  • Diplotaxis nepalensis Hara
  • Diplotaxis ollivieri Maire
  • Diplotaxis pitardiana Maire
  • Diplotaxis scaposa DC.
  • Diplotaxis siettiana Maire
  • Diplotaxis siifolia Kunze
  • Diplotaxis simplex (Viv.) Spreng.
  • Diplotaxis sundingii Rustan
  • Diplotaxis tenuifolia (L.) DC. – perennial wall-rocket
  • Diplotaxis tenuisiliqua Delile
  • Diplotaxis varia Rustan
  • Diplotaxis villosa Boulos & W.Jallad
  • Diplotaxis viminea (L.) DC.
  • Diplotaxis virgata (Cav.) DC.
  • Diplotaxis vogelii (Webb) Cout.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Domenico Pignone & Juan B. Martínez-Laborde (2011). Chittaranjan Kole, ed. Oilseeds. Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources. Springer. pp. 137–147. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-14871-2_7. ISBN 978-3-642-14871-2.


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