Eruca vesicaria

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Common Names

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Description

Genus 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 .

One species: NW Africa, Asia, Europe, naturalized elsewhere.[1]

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,267 meters (0 to 7,438 feet).[2]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Annual

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Brassica Vesicaria
2. Brassica vesicaria L.
3. Euzomum Vesicarium
4. Euzomum vesicarium (L.) Link
5. Raphanus vesicarius (L.) Crantz

Notes

Publishing author : L. Publication : Sp. Pl. 667 Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Place of publication: Descr. pl. 2:426. 1802

Name verified on 02-Nov-1993 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 23-Aug-1994

Similar Species

Members of the genus Eruca

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 59 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

E. alba (White Mustard Seed) · E. aquatica · E. arvensis (Charlock Mustard) · E. aurea · E. barbarea · E. brevirostris · E. cappadocica · E. deserti · E. drepanensis · E. elongata (Elongated Mustard) · E. erecta · E. eruca · E. erucastrum · E. foetida · E. glabrescens · E. grandiflora · E. hispanica · E. hispida · E. lanceolata · E. lativalvis · E. loncholoma · E. longirostris · E. longirrostris · E. marina · E. muralis (Annual Wallrocket) · E. orthosepala · E. perennis · E. pinnatifida · E. raphanus · E. ruchella · E. ruchetta · E. sativa · E. setulosa · E. silvestris · E. stenocarpa · E. subbipinnata · E. sylvestris · E. tenuifolia · E. versicaria · E. vesicaria (Spanish Rocket) · E. vesicaria pinnatifida · E. vesicaria sativa (Garden Rocket) · E. vesicaria sativa 'Adagio' · E. vesicaria sativa 'Apollo' · E. vesicaria sativa 'Astro' · E. vesicaria subsp. sativa 'Astro' (Rocket Salad) · E. vesicaria sativa 'Myway' · E. vesicaria subsp. sativa 'Myway' (Rocket Salad) · E. vesicaria sativa 'Runway' · E. vesicaria subsp. sativa 'Runway' (Rocket Salad) · E. vesicaria sativa 'Sky Rocket' · E. vesicaria subsp. sativa 'Sky Rocket' (Rocket Salad) · E. vesicaria sativa 'Sylvetta' · E. vesicaria sativa 'Wild Italian Rocket' · E. vesicaria subsp. sativa 'Wild Italian Rocket' (Rocket Salad) · E. vesicaria subsp. sativa · E. vesicaria 'Surrey' · E. vesicaria var. sativa · E. viminea

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Further Reading

• Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Madrid: La Sociedad, ENG url p. 13, p. 150, p. 173, p. 212, p. 249, p. 337.
• Annals of Scottish natural history. Edinburgh, D. Douglas. ENG url p. 41.
• Biologisches Zentralblatt. Leipzig [etc.]VEB Georg Thieme [etc.] GER url p. 458, p. 782.
• Botanisches Zentralblatt; referierendes Organ für das Gesamtgebiet der Botanik. Jena [etc.]G. Fischer [etc.] GER url p. 289.
• Bulletin de l'Acadmie internationale de gographie botanique. Le Mans: Impr. Edmond Monnoyer, 1899-1910. FRE url p. 13.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist. (L Medit)
• Greuter, W., Burdet, H. and Long, G. (ed.) (1986a): Med-Ckecklist. A critical inventory of vascular plants of the circum-mediterranean countries., vol. 3, Genf/Berlin
• Just's botanischer jahresbericht. Systematisch geordnetes repertorium der botanischen literatur aller länder. Berlin, Gebr. Borntraeger, 1874-98; GER url p. 103, p. 108, p. 149, p. 154, p. 639.
• Las estepas de España y su vegetación, por el Dr. Eduardo Reyes Prósper (Esta obra se pub. á espensas de la Casa real) Madrid, Est. tip. "Sucesores de Rivadeneyra, "1915. SPA url p. 173.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Mouterde, P. 1966–. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. (F Liban)
• PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) - on-line resource. (PROTABASE)
• Prodrome de la flore corse: comprenant les résultats botaniques de six voyages exécutés en Corse sous les auspices de M. Emile Burnat / par John Briquet. Genève: Georg, 1910-1955. FRE url p. 81.
• Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962–1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. (F Alger)
• The Annals of Scottish natural history. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1892-1911. ENG url p. 41.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
• Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel. Basel, Birkher. GER url p. 175.

Notes

Contributors

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 23, 2007:

• Australian National Herbarium
• , Australian National Herbarium
• Berkeley Natural History Museums, University and Jepson Herbaria DiGIR provider
• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad, Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México
• Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisien, Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisien
• GBIF-Spain, Aranzadi Zientzi Elkartea
• GBIF-Spain, Botánica, Universidad de León: LEB-Cormo
• GBIF-Spain, CIBIO, Alicante:ABH-GBIF
• GBIF-Spain, Dirección General de Investigación, Desarrollo Tecnológico e Innovación de la Junta de Extremadura(DGIDTI): HSS
• GBIF-Spain, Herbario Universidad de Málaga: MGC-Cormófitos
• GBIF-Spain, Herbario de la Universidad de Sevilla, SEV
• GBIF-Spain, Hortus Botanicus Sollerensis Herbarium
• GBIF-Spain, Jardi Botanic de Valencia: VAL
• GBIF-Spain, Jardín Botánico de Córdoba: Herbarium COA
• GBIF-Spain, Real Jardin Botanico
• , Vascular Plant Herbarium
• GBIF-Spain, Univ. Herbarium SALAMANCA: SALA
• GBIF-Spain, Universidad de Almería, HUAL
• GBIF-Spain, Universidad de Oviedo. Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas: FCO
• GBIF-Spain, Universidad del País Vasco/EHU, Bilbao: Herbario BIO
• GBIF-Spain, Universitat de Girona: HGI-Cormophyta
• Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
• Jyväskylä University Museum - The Section of Natural Sciences, Vascular plant collection of Jyvaskyla University Museum
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Vascular Plant Herbarium, Oslo
• SysTax, Herbarium Universitat Ulm
• SysTax, Justus-Liebig-Universitat Giessen
• SysTax, SysTax
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Lund Botanical Museum
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Botanical Society of the British Isles - Vascular Plants Database
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2666979
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-502429
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13731574
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:61359-3
• GRIN Nomen Number: 15711
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 502429
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDBRA14010
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: ERVE5
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 36546

Footnotes

1. "Eruca". in Flora of China Vol. 8 Page 24. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Mean = 179.210 meters (587.959 feet), Standard Deviation = 577.290 based on 873 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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