Moricandia arvensis
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Brassicales |
Family: | Brassicaceae |
Genus: | Moricandia |
Species: | M. arvensis
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Moricandia arvensis | |
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Moricandia arvensis, the purple mistress, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae.[2] It has a broadly western Mediterranean distribution, from the Canary Islands to northern Africa including Mauritania and Chad, the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and as far as Greece, and has been introduced to France, Corsica, and Sardinia.[1] It has a mixed C3–C4 carbon fixation system.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b "Moricandia arvensis (L.) DC". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. "Moricandia arvensis (L.) DC". gbif.org. GBIF Secretariat. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ Holaday, A.Scott; Shieh, Yuh-Jang; Lee, Kit W.; Chollet, Raymond (1981). "Anatomical, ultrastructural and enzymic studies of leaves of Moricandia arvensis, a C3-C4 intermediate species". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 637 (2): 334–341. doi:10.1016/0005-2728(81)90172-9.
Categories:
- Brassicaceae
- Flora of the Canary Islands
- Flora of Mauritania
- Flora of Morocco
- Flora of Algeria
- Flora of Tunisia
- Flora of Libya
- Flora of Chad
- Flora of Portugal
- Flora of Spain
- Flora of the Balearic Islands
- Flora of Italy
- Flora of Sicily
- Flora of Greece
- Plants described in 1821
- Brassicales stubs