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Description
Genus Arabidopsis
Herbs annual
, biennial, or perennial
with stolons or woody caudex
. Trichomes
simple
, mixed with stalked
, 1-3-forked ones. Stems erect
or decumbent
, often several from base
, usually glabrous
above. Basal leaves
rosulate, entire, toothed
, or pinnately lobed
. Cauline leaves petiolate
or subsessile
, entire, dentate
, or rarely lyrate. Racemes
few to several flowered, ebracteate
. Fruiting pedicels ascending
or divaricate
or slightly reflexed
. Sepals oblong
, erect or ascending, glabrous or pubescent
, base of lateral
pair subsaccate or not. Petals white, pink, or purple; blade
obovate
, spatulate
, or oblanceolate
, apex obtuse
or emarginate
; claw
distinct
or not. Stamens 6, erect, slightly tetradynamous
; filaments
not dilated
basally; anthers
oblong, obtuse. Nectar glands confluent
, subtending
bases of filaments. Ovules 15-80 per ovary. Fruit dehiscent
siliques, linear
or cylindric
, terete
or flattened and latiseptate
, shortly stipitate
or subsessile; valves
papery
, veinless or midvein
distinct, glabrous, smooth
or somewhat torulose
; replum rounded
; septum complete
; style obsolete
or to 1 mm; stigma capitate, entire. Seeds numerous
, uniseriate
, wingless or margined
, oblong or ellipsoid
, plump or flattened; seed coat
minutely reticulate
, mucilaginous
or not when wetted; cotyledons accumbent
or rarely incumbent
.
Nine species: E and N Asia, Europe, North America; three species in China.[1]
Physical Description
Flowers: Bloom Period: March. • Flower Color: near white, white
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,158 meters (0 to 3,799 feet).[2]
Biology
Growth
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full sun .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Ranunculanae
()
- Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order:
Brassicales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Cruciferae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons., nom. alt.
- Tribe:
Camelineae
()
- Genus:
Arabidopsis
()
- (DC.) Heynh.
- Rockcress
- Specific epithet:
suecica
- (Fr.) Norrl.
- Botanical name: - Arabidopsis suecica (Fr.) Norrl.
- Specific epithet:
suecica
- (Fr.) Norrl.
- Genus:
Arabidopsis
(
- Tribe:
Camelineae
(
- Family:
Cruciferae
(
- Order:
Brassicales
(
- Superorder:
Ranunculanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 2009
Similar Species
Members of the genus Arabidopsis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
A. salsuginea (Saltwater Cress) · A. thaliana (Mouse-Ear Cress)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Greuter, W., Burdet, H. & Long, G. (ed.) (1986a): Med-Ckecklist. A critical inventory of vascular plants of the circum-mediterranean countries., vol. 3, Genf/Berlin
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Brassicaceae species checklist and database. Release date: December 10, 2009
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 6 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen: Biologiezentrum Linz
- Bundesamt für Naturschutz / Zentralstelle für Phytodiversität Deutschland: Bundesamt fuer Naturschutz / Zentralstelle fuer Phytodiversitaet Deutschland
- Finnish Museum of Natural History: Hatikka Observation Data Gateway
- GBIF-Sweden: Botany (UPS)
- GBIF-Sweden: Herbarium of Oskarshamn (OHN)
- GBIF-Sweden: Plants (GBIF-SE:Artdatabanken)
- Jyväskylä University Museum - The Section of Natural Sciences: Vascular plant collection of Jyvaskyla University Museum
- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo: Vascular Plant Herbarium, Oslo (O)
- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo: Vascular Plants, Field notes, Oslo (O)
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5934168
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Mus-337
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13809445
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:277966-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 277966-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 718919
Footnotes
- Tai-yien Cheo, Lianli Lu, Guang Yang, Ihsan Al-Shehbaz & Vladimir Dorofeev "Arabidopsis". in Flora of China Vol. 8 Page 120. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
- Mean = 274.660 meters (901.115 feet), Standard Deviation = 259.360 based on 224 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
