Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Balkan Yellow Rocket
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
This species occurs in wet meadows and peat bogs
along mountain rivers
,
streams
, creeks
and pond
banks above (1,300-)1,500 m
up to 2,200
m.
It prefers silicious (acid) substrates.
[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )
- 5.4 Wetlands (inland) - Bogs, Marshes, Swamps , Fens , Peatlands
- 5.7 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) [more info]
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
()
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- 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:
Cardamineae
()
- Genus:
Barbarea
()
- R. Brown, in W. Aiton & W.T. Aiton, 1812, nom. cons.
- Specific epithet:
balcana
- Pani
- Botanical name: - Barbarea balcana Pani
- Specific epithet:
balcana
- Pani
- Genus:
Barbarea
(
- Tribe:
Cardamineae
(
- Family:
Cruciferae
(
- Order:
Brassicales
(
- Superorder:
Ranunculanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Barabarea rivularis • Barabrea alpicola
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 2009
Barbarea balcana Pan?i?
is a wild relative of the cultivated Barbarea
species, B
. verna (Mill
.)
Asch. (land cress), and B. vulgaris
R. Br
. (winter cress).[1].
Similar Species
Members of the genus Barbarea
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 10 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
B. australis (Native Wintercress) · B. balcana (Balkan Yellow Rocket) · B. bosniaca (Bosnian Yellow Rocket) · B. intermedia (Medium-Flowered Winter-Cress) · B. orthoceras (American Winter-Cress) · B. verna (Belle Isle Cress) · B. vulgaris (Creasy) · B. vulgaris var. hirsuta (Yellow Rocket) · B. vulgaris 'Variegata' (Creasy) · B. vulgaris 'Variegated Winter' (Upland Cress)
More Info
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Further Reading
- EURISCO Catalogue. 2010. http://eurisco.ecpgr.org. (Accessed: September 2010).
- Euro+Med PlantBase. 2006. Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean Plant Diversity. Version 2006. Berlin.
- IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).
- Stevanovi?, V. Tan, K. and Petrova, A. 2010. Mapping of the endemic flora of the Balkans (database). Belgrade, Copenhagen and Sofia.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Uzundzhalieva, K., Economou, G., Stevanovi?, V. & Kell, S.P. 2011. Barbarea balcana. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5934267
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Mus-511
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16517832
- IUCN ID: 194013
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1442061
Footnotes
- Uzundzhalieva, K., Economou, G., Stevanovi?, V. & Kell, S.P. 2011. Barbarea balcana. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
