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Brassiceae

(Tribe)

Overview

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A Tribe in the Kingdom Plantae.

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Taxonomy

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The Tribe Brassiceae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genera

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Bertholletia

The Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) is a tree in the family Lecythidaceae, and also the name of the tree's commercially harvested edible seed. [more]

Brassica

Herbs annual, biennial, or perennial, rarely subshrubs or shrubs, often glaucous. Trichomes absent or simple. Stems erect or ascending, simple or branched, leafy or rarely leafless. Basal leaves petiolate, rosulate or not, simple, entire, dentate, lyrate-pinnatifid, or pinnatisect. Cauline leaves petiolate or sessile, base cuneate, attenuate, auriculate, sagittate, or amplexicaul, margin entire, dentate, or lobed. Racemes ebracteate, elongated in fruit. Fruiting pedicels ascending, divaricate, or reflexed. Sepals ovate or oblong, erect, ascending, or rarely spreading, base of lateral pair saccate or not. Petals yellow, rarely white or pink; blade obovate, spatulate, or rarely oblanceolate, apex obtuse or emarginate; claw distinct, subequaling or longer than sepals. Stamens 6, tetradynamous; anthers ovate or oblong, obtuse at apex. Nectar glands 4, median and lateral, rarely 2 and lateral. Ovules 4-50 per ovary. Fruit dehiscent siliques, linear or rarely oblong, terete, 4-angled, or latiseptate, sessile or shortly stipitate, segmented; valvular segment dehiscent, 4-46-seeded, longer than terminal segment, smooth or torulose, valves with a prominent midvein and obscure lateral veins; terminal segment seedless or 1(-3) -seeded; replum rounded; septum complete, translucent or opaque, veinless or with a distinct midvein; style obsolete or distinct; stigma capitate, entire or 2-lobed. Seeds uniseriate or rarely biseriate, wingless, globose or rarely oblong, plump or rarely slightly flattened; seed coat reticulate, mucilaginous or not when wetted; cotyledons conduplicate.[1] [more]

Cakile

Cakile () is a genus within the flowering plant family Brassicaceae. Species in this genus are commonly known as searockets, though this name on its own is applied particularly to whatever member of the species is native or most common in the region concerned, the European searocket Cakile maritima in Europe, and the American searocket C. edentula in North America. The genus is native to Europe, Asia and North America, but the European searocket has been introduced into North America and has spread widely on both east and west coasts; in many places it is replacing the native C. maritima, and is regarded as an undesirable invasive species. [more]

Calepina

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Conringia

Herbs annual or rarely biennial, mostly glabrous throughout, usually glaucous. Trichomes absent or rarely as minute papillae on pedicels. Stems erect, simple. Basal leaves subsessile, subfleshy, not rosulate, simple, entire. Cauline leaves sessile, cordate-amplexicaul or rarely auriculate at base, entire. Racemes ebracteate, elongated in fruit. Fruiting pedicels slender or thick and as wide as fruit, erect or divaricate. Sepals oblong or linear, erect or ascending, base of lateral pair not saccate or strongly saccate. Petals yellow or white, rarely with purple veins, longer than sepals; blade obovate, oblong, or oblanceolate, apex obtuse; claw somewhat differentiated from blade. Stamens 6, tetradynamous; filaments not dilated at base; anthers narrowly oblong, obtuse at apex. Nectar glands 2, lateral, semiannular, rarely 1 and confluent; median glands absent or rarely present. Ovules 10-50 per ovary. Fruit dehiscent siliques, linear, terete, 4- or 8-angled, or latiseptate; valves veinless or prominently veined, smooth or torulose; replum rounded; septum complete; style to 1.5 mm; stigma capitate, entire or decurrently 2-lobed. Seeds uniseriate, wingless, oblong or elliptic, plump; seed coat reticulate, mucilaginous or not when wetted; cotyledons incumbent or rarely subconduplicate.[2] [more]

Crambe

A genus in the Kingdom Animalia. [more]

Didesmus

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Diplotaxis

Herbs annual or perennial. Trichomes absent or simple. Stems erect or ascending, rarely procumbent. Basal leaves petiolate, rosulate or not, dentate, lyrate, pinnatifid, or pinnatisect, rarely bipinnatipartite. Cauline leaves petiolate or sessile and sometimes auriculate. Racemes ebracteate or rarely lowermost flowers bracteate, elongated in fruit. Fruiting pedicels ascending, divaricate, or recurved. Sepals oblong or linear, erect or spreading, base of lateral pair often not saccate. Petals yellow, white, pink, or purple, longer than sepals; blade obovate or suborbicular, apex obtuse or emarginate; claw absent or as long as or shorter than sepals. Stamens 6, tetradynamous; filaments not dilated at base; anthers oblong, obtuse at apex. Nectar glands 4; median glands large; lateral glands smaller. Ovules 16-260 per ovary. Fruit dehiscent siliques, linear, latiseptate or terete, glabrous, sessile or long stipitate, unsegmented or segmented; valvular segment well developed, dehiscent, numerous seeded, much longer than terminal segment, torulose, with a distinct midvein; terminal segment indehiscent, seedless or 1- or 2-seeded; replum rounded; septum complete; style obsolete to 4 mm; stigma capitate, entire or 2-lobed. Seeds biseriate, wingless, oblong, ovoid, or ellipsoid, slightly flattened; seed coat smooth or minutely reticulate, slightly mucilaginous or not mucilaginous when wetted; cotyledons conduplicate.[3] [more]

Eruca

Herbs annual or perennial. Trichomes absent or simple. Stems erect or ascending, leafy or leafless. Basal leaves petiolate, rosulate or not, simple, often lyrate-pinnatifid, rarely bipinnatisect or dentate. Cauline leaves petiolate or sessile, not auriculate, entire, dentate, or lyrate-pinnatifid, sometimes absent. Racemes ebracteate, elongated considerably in fruit. Fruiting pedicels erect or ascending and subappressed to rachis, rarely divaricate. Sepals oblong or linear, deciduous or rarely persistent, erect, base of lateral pair saccate. Petals cream or yellow with dark brown or purple veins, or entire blade purple; blade broadly obovate or oblanceolate, rounded or emarginate; claw subequaling or longer than sepals. Stamens 6, strongly tetradynamous; anthers oblong or linear, obtuse at apex. Nectar glands 4 or 2; lateral pair prismatic; median pair ovoid or oblong, or absent. Ovules 10-50 per ovary. Fruit siliques or silicles, linear, oblong, or ellipsoid, terete or 4-angled, sessile, segmented; valvular segment dehiscent, many seeded; valves smooth, leathery, with a prominent midvein; terminal segment indehiscent, seedless, flattened and ensiform, or 4-angled, shorter or longer than valves; replum rounded; septum complete, membranous; style obsolete; stigma conical, 2-lobed, lobes connivent, decurrent. Seeds biseriate, wingless, globose or ovoid, plump; seed coat minutely reticulate, mucilaginous when wetted; cotyledons conduplicate.[4] [more]

Erucastrum

Erucastrum is a genus of in the mustard family. There are approximately 18 species. Erucastrum species are known generally as dogmustards. [more]

Hirschfeldia

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Moricandia

Moricandia is a genus of plants belonging to the family . Moricandia ramburii commonly known as violet cabbage, a native of the Mediterranean, is cultivated as a garden flower. [more]

Morisia

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Raphanus

Herbs annual or biennial, scabrous or hispid, rarely glabrous. Trichomes simple. Stems erect or prostrate, simple or branched. Basal leaves petiolate, rosulate or not, simple, dentate, lyrate, pinnatifid, or pinnatisect. Cauline leaves similar to basal, petiolate or uppermost subsessile. Racemes several flowered, ebracteate, elongated in fruit. Fruiting pedicels divaricate or reflexed. Sepals oblong or linear, erect, base of lateral pair saccate. Petals yellow, white, pink, or purple, usually with darker veins; blade obovate or suborbicular, apex rounded or emarginate; claw subequaling or longer than sepals. Stamens 6, strongly tetradynamous; filaments not dilated at base; anthers oblong or oblong-linear, obtuse at apex. Nectar glands 4; median pair oblong; lateral pair prismatic. Ovules 2-22 per ovary. Fruit indehiscent siliques or silicles, often lomentaceous, breaking into 1-seeded units, linear, oblong, ovoid, ellipsoid, or lanceolate, terete or polygonal, sessile, segmented; valvular segment rudimentary, seedless, as thick as or slightly thicker than pedicel, or absent; terminal segment few to many seeded, wingless, corky, smooth or strongly torulose or moniliform, ribbed longitudinally or not ribbed, antrorsely or retrorsely scabrous, or glabrous; replum absent; septum absent; style prominent or obsolete; stigma capitate, entire or slightly 2-lobed. Seeds uniseriate, wingless, oblong, ovoid, or globose, plump; seed coat minutely reticulate, not mucilaginous when wetted; cotyledons conduplicate.[5] [more]

Rapistrum

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Sinapis

Herbs annual or rarely perennial. Trichomes absent or simple. Stems erect or ascending, often branched apically, leafy. Basal leaves petiolate, not rosulate, simple, lyrate, pinnatifid, pinnatisect, bipinnatisect or/and dentate. Cauline leaves petiolate or sessile, not auriculate, entire, dentate, or shallowly lobed. Racemes ebracteate, elongated considerably in fruit. Fruiting pedicels slender or thickened, erect, ascending, divaricate, or reflexed. Sepals oblong or linear, spreading or reflexed, not saccate. Petals yellow, spreading; blade obovate, apex obtuse or emarginate; claw subequaling sepals. Stamens 6, tetradynamous; anthers oblong, obtuse at apex. Nectar glands 4, distinct; median pair ovoid; lateral pair prismatic, flat, or rarely lobed. Ovules 4-20 per ovary. Fruit dehiscent siliques, linear, lanceolate, or oblong, terete, somewhat 4-angled, or latiseptate, sessile, segmented; valvular segment dehiscent, few to many seeded, longer or shorter than terminal segment, torulose; valves with 3-7, prominent, longitudinal veins, thin or thick and obscurely veined; terminal segment indehiscent, seedless or 1- or 2-seeded, flattened and ensiform, or terete and conical or subulate, sometimes corky; replum rounded; septum complete, membranous; style distinct; stigma capitate, 2-lobed. Seeds uniseriate, wingless, globose, plump or rarely slightly flattened; seed coat reticulate, mucilaginous or not when wetted; cotyledons conduplicate.[6] [more]

At least 98 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Sinapis.

More info about the Genus Sinapis may be found here.

Footnotes

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  1. "Brassica". in Flora of China Vol. 8 Page 16. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
  2. "Conringia". in Flora of China Vol. 8 Page 27. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
  3. Tai-yien Cheo, Lianli Lu, Guang Yang, Ihsan Al-Shehbaz & Vladimir Dorofeev "Diplotaxis". in Flora of China Vol. 8 Page 23. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
  4. "Eruca". in Flora of China Vol. 8 Page 24. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
  5. "Raphanus". in Flora of China Vol. 8 Page 25. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
  6. Tai-yien Cheo, Lianli Lu, Guang Yang, Ihsan Al-Shehbaz & Vladimir Dorofeev "Sinapis". in Flora of China Vol. 8 Page 22. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

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Last Revised: September 22, 2009
2009/09/22 15:08:34