Brassica tournefortii

The status, affinity, scope or nomenclature of this taxon is disputed.

Please see discussion on the talk page.

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Brassicales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Brassicales

Familia: Brassicaceae
Subfamilia: Brassicoideae
Tribus: Brassiceae
Genus: Brassica
Species: Brassica tournefortii

Name edit

Brassica tournefortii Gouan, Ill. Observ. Bot.: 44, t. 20a (1773).

Synonyms edit

Homotypic
- Erucastrum tournefortii (Gouan) Link, Handbuch 2: 317 (1831).
- Brassica barrelieri subsp. tournefortii (Gouan) Malag., Természetrajzi Füz. 6: 179 (1882).
- Coincya tournefortii (Gouan) Alcaraz, T.E.Díaz, Rivas Mart. & Sánchez-Gómez, Itinera Geobot. 2: 108 (1989) [accepted by POWO].
Heterotypic
- Eruca erecta Lag., Gen. Sp. Pl.: 20 (1816).
- Brassica tournefortii var. sisymbrioides Fisch. ex DC., Syst. Nat. 2: 602 (1821).
  - Brassica sisymbrioides (Fisch. ex DC.) Grossh., Fl. Kavkaza, ed. 2, 4: 168 (1950).
- Sisymbrium setosum Ledeb. ex Spreng., Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 2: 902 (1825).
- Brassica mesopotamica (Spreng.) Bernh., Index Seminum (NKME, Erfordia) 1835: [3] (1836).
- Sinapis caspica Willd. ex Ledeb., Fl. Ross. 1: 217 (1841).
- Brassica stocksii Hook.f. & Thomson, J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 5: 171 (1861).
- Brassica tournefortii var. recurvata Bornm., Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Vereins 6: 49 (1894).
- Brassica amblyorhyncha Coustur. & Gand., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 63: 6, 13 (1916 publ. 1917).
- Brassica tournefortii var. dasycarpa O.E.Schulz in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 105(70): 69 (1919).
- Brassica tournefortii f. dentata O.E.Schulz in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 105(70): 69 (1919).
- Erucastrum minutiflorum Pau & Font Quer in P.Font i Quer, Exsicc. (Iter Marocc.) 1927: n.° 230 (1928).
- Brassica tournefortii var. leiocarpa Maire & Weiller, Fl. Afrique N. 12: 184 (1965), nom. inval.

Note: Still more commonly found as Coincya tournefortii and so a taxon page can be found for this name, but see Kang et al. (2022)

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Corse, France, Portugal (introduced), Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia.
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Mauritania, Niger, Senegal (introduced).
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Cape Provinces (introduced).
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Russian Far East
  - Primorye (introduced).
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Turkmenistan.
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey.
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Gulf States, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Korea (introduced).
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - India (introduced), Pakistan.
Continental: Australasia (introduced)
- Regional: Australia
  - New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia.
- Regional: New Zealand
  - New Zealand North, New Zealand South.
Continental: Northern America (introduced)
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah.
- Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
  - New Mexico, Texas.
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Northwest.
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Western South America
  - Colombia (introduced).

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

Gouan, A. 1773. Illustrationes et Observationes Botanicae, ad specierum historiam facientes, seu rariorum Plantarum indigenarum, pyrenaicarum, exoticarum Adumbrationes. Orell, Gessner, Fuessli, Zürich. 83 + viii pp, 26 tab. DOI: 10.3931/e-rara-96045 ARK: /bpt6k98158b Reference page.

Additional references edit

Kang, E.S., Kim, H.G., Nam, M.J., Choi, M.J. & Son, D.C. 2022. New record and prediction of the potential distribution of the invasive alien species Brassica tournefortii (Brassicaceae) in Korea. Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy 52(3): 184–195. DOI: 10.11110/kjpt.2022.52.3.184 ResearchGate Reference page.

Links edit

Koch, M.A. et al. 2019. Brassica tournefortii in BrassiBase Tools and biological resources to study characters and traits in the Brassicaceae. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 22.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Coincya tournefortii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Dec 3. Reference page. [accepting Coincya tournefortii]
Tropicos.org 2023. Brassica tournefortii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 Dec 2023.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Brassica tournefortii. Published online. Accessed: 3 Dec 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. (Coincya tournefortii). Brassica tournefortii. Accessed: 3 Dec 2023. [accepting Coincya tournefortii]}}
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Brassica tournefortii. Accessed: 2023 Dec 3.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Brassica tournefortii in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Dec 3.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Brassica tournefortii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names edit

العربية: كرنب تورنفورتي
English: Sahara Mustard
español: Mostaza asiática, Mostaza africana, Mostaza del Sahara
suomi: Välimerenkaali

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