Brassica tournefortii

Brassica tournefortii

Taxonavigation

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

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

Synonyms

• 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

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, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• 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 Gallica Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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

• 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

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

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