Diplotaxis (plant)

Diplotaxis (plant)
Wall rocket
Diplotaxis muralis flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Diplotaxis
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Species

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Diplotaxis tenuifolia foliage

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.

Selected species

Diplotaxis acris (Forssk.) Boiss.
Diplotaxis antoniensis 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 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.

List sources : [1][2][3][4]

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.

References

  1. ^ Med-Checklist: Diplotaxis, Diplotaxis acris agg., Diplotaxis catholica agg.
  2. ^ African Flowering Plants Database: Diplotaxis
  3. ^ Flora of Pakistan: Diplotaxis
  4. ^ 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. 

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