- Family:
- Brassicaceae Burnett
Brassica L.

[FZ]
Cruciferae, A. W. Exell. Flora Zambesiaca 1:1. 1960
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or biennial (rarely perennial) herbs, glabrous or with simple hairs.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers usually yellow, pedicellate, in ebracteate racemes.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals erect, inner pair ± saccate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals 4, unguiculate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 6.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit a beaked silique with convex valves, each valve with 1 prominent vein, beak with 0–3 seeds.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Cotyledons conduplicate. Seeds 1-seriate, subspherical.
[FTEA]
Cruciferae, Bengt Jonsell (University of Stockholm). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1982
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual, biennial or perennial herbs, rarely subshrubs, glabrous or with hispidulous simple hairs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves undivided to pinnatipartite
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Racemes terminal, usually ebracteate, corymbiform to paniculate, with many rather large flowers, in fruit elongate, lax
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals erect, connivent or spreading, the inner larger and somewhat saccate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals yellow or white, spathulate to clawed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 6, the lateral ones often ascending; filaments linear
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Nectaries
- Lateral nectaries prismatic or reduced, median ones semiglobose to filiform, often large
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary cylindrical, sometimes on a a gynophore; stigma semi-globose to slightly bilobed; ovules numerous, usually uniseriate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit a siliqua, readily dehiscent, terete or slightly laterally compressed, in transverse section ± biconvex, attenuate into a conical to filiform beak with 0–3 seeds; valves rather thick, convex, with prominent midnerve and inconspicuous side-nerves
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds usually globose, reticulate, not mucilaginous.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual to perennial herbs, sometimes subshrubs, glabrous or with simple hairs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves undivided to pinnatipartite
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Racemes usually ebracteate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals erect, the inner larger and somewhat saccate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers rather large with yellow or white petals
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit a siliqua with rather thick convex valves with prominent midnerve and a mostly conical beak
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds uni- or biseriate, globose, not mucilaginous.
- Distribution
- About 40 species, mainly in the Mediterranean Region.
- Note
- B. oleracea L. (cabbage, cauliflower), of European origin and with clasping or auriculate stem leaves and erect sepals, is sometimes cultivated in N Somalia. B. carinata A. Br., indigenous in Ethiopia and with ± petiolate stem leaves, may also be cultivated as a vegetable in Somalia.
[FSOM]
- Use
- A number of species are cultivated for their oil- or mustard-producing seeds or as vegetables.
Native to:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Chita, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mongolia, Morocco, North Caucasus, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Somalia, South European Russi, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Amur, Andaman Is., Angola, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Azores, Bahamas, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Buryatiya, California, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Central American Pac, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Colorado, Comoros, Congo, Connecticut, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Crozet Is., Cuba, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Easter Is., Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Falkland Is., Finland, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Føroyar, Gabon, Galápagos, Georgia, Germany, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Ireland, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Kamchatka, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, Kerguelen, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Labrador, Leeward Is., Line Is., Louisiana, Madeira, Magadan, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Manitoba, Marianas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Mozambique, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niue, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., South Australia, South Carolina, South China Sea, South Dakota, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Tristan da Cunha, Tuamotu, Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yukon, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Brassica assyriaca Mouterde
- Brassica aucheri Boiss.
- Brassica baldensis (Prosser & Bertolli) Prosser & Bertolli
- Brassica balearica Pers.
- Brassica barrelieri (L.) Janka
- Brassica beytepeensis Yıld.
- Brassica bourgeaui (Webb ex Christ) Kuntze
- Brassica cadmea Heldr. ex O.E.Schulz
- Brassica carinata A.Braun
- Brassica cretica Lam.
- Brassica deflexa Boiss.
- Brassica deserti Danin & Hedge
- Brassica desnottesii Emb. & Maire
- Brassica dimorpha Coss. & Durieu
- Brassica elongata Ehrh.
- Brassica fruticulosa Cirillo
- Brassica gravinae Ten.
- Brassica hilarionis Post
- Brassica incana Ten.
- Brassica insularis Moris
- Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.
- Brassica loncholoma Pomel
- Brassica macrocarpa Guss.
- Brassica maurorum Durieu
- Brassica montana Pourr.
- Brassica napus L.
- Brassica nivalis Boiss. & Heldr.
- Brassica oleracea L.
- Brassica oxyrrhina Coss.
- Brassica procumbens (Poir.) O.E.Schulz
- Brassica rapa L.
- Brassica repanda (Willd.) DC.
- Brassica rupestris Raf.
- Brassica setulosa (Boiss. & Reut.) Coss.
- Brassica somalensis Hedge & A.G.Mill.
- Brassica souliei (Batt.) Batt.
- Brassica spinescens Pomel
- Brassica taurica (Tzvelev) Tzvelev
- Brassica trichocarpa C.Brullo, Brullo, Giusso & Ilardi
- Brassica tyrrhena Giotta, Piccitto & Arrigoni
- Brassica villosa Biv.
Brassica L. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Sp. Pl.: 666 (1753)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- O. E. Sohulz in Engl. Pflanzenr. Crucif. 21 (1919).
- —F.T.A. 1: 65
Flora Zambesiaca
- Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 299 (1754).
- Sp. Pl. 2: 666 (1753)
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by B. Jonsell [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 299 (1754)
- O.E. Schulz in E.P. IV. 105, 70: 21–84 (1919)
- Sp. Pl.: 666 (1753)
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Flora Zambesiaca
Flora Zambesiaca
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Somalia
Flora of Somalia
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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