Moricandia arvensis

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Moricandia arvensis
Flores moricandia arvensis.jpg
Inflorescence
Moricandia arvensis Habitus 2013-2-24 SierraMadrona.jpg
Habitus
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Moricandia
Species:
M. arvensis
Binomial name
Moricandia arvensis
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Agrosinapis arvensis (L.) Fourr.
    • Brassica arvensis L.
    • Brassica moricandia Boiss.
    • Brassica purpurea Mill.
    • Diplotaxis arvensis (L.) Bluff, Nees & Schauer
    • Diplotaxis brassiciformis Koch ex Boiss.
    • Eruca arvensis (L.) Noulet
    • Erucastrum decandollii K.F.Schimp. & Spenn.
    • Hesperis arvensis (L.) Cav.
    • Moricandia longirostris Pomel
    • Sisymbrium amplexicaule Jan ex E.Fourn.

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 C3C4 carbon fixation system.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Moricandia arvensis (L.) DC". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  2. ^ GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. "Moricandia arvensis (L.) DC". gbif.org. GBIF Secretariat. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  3. ^ 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.


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