Diplotaxis (plant)
| Wall rocket | |
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| Diplotaxis muralis flower | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Diplotaxis DC. |
| Species | |
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Diplotaxis (wall-rocket) is a genus of about 30-35 species of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to Europe, the Mediterranean region, and Macaronesia; the species diversity is highest in northwest Africa and Cape Verde.
They are annual or perennial plants, either herbaceous or sub-shrubby with a woody base. The flowers are yellow in many species, white in some.
[edit] Selected species
Diplotaxis acris (Forssk.) Boiss.
Diplotaxis antoniensis Rustan
Diplotaxis assurgens (Delile) Thell.
Diplotaxis berthautii Braun-Blanq. & Maire
Diplotaxis brevisiliqua (Coss.) Mart.-Laborde
Diplotaxis catholica (L.) DC.
Diplotaxis cossoniana (Reut. ex Boiss.) O.E.Schulz
Diplotaxis decumbens (A.Chev.) Rustan & L.Borgen
Diplotaxis duveyrieriana Coss.
Diplotaxis episcopalia (L.) DC.
Diplotaxis erucoides (L.) DC. – White Wall-rocket
[syn. D. valentina Pau]
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 lagascana DC.
Diplotaxis muralis (L.) DC. – Annual Wall-rocket
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
[syn. Sisymbrium tenuifolium L.]
Diplotaxis tenuisiliqua Delile
Diplotaxis varia Rustan
Diplotaxis villosa Boulos & W.Jallad
Diplotaxis viminea (L.) DC.
Diplotaxis vicentina (Cout.) Rothm.
Diplotaxis virgata (Cav.) DC.
Diplotaxis vogelii (Webb) Cout.
[edit] Cultivation and uses
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.
[edit] References
- ^ Med-Checklist: Diplotaxis, Diplotaxis acris agg., Diplotaxis catholica agg.
- ^ African Flowering Plants Database: Diplotaxis
- ^ Flora of Pakistan: Diplotaxis
- ^ GRIN. "Species in GRIN for genus Diplotaxis". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?3811. Retrieved December 23, 2009.
