- Family:
- Brassicaceae Burnett
Raphanus L.

[FZ]
Cruciferae, A. W. Exell. Flora Zambesiaca 1:1. 1960
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual, biennial or perennial herbs with lyrate-pinnatifid, somewhat glaucous leaves.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers in terminal, ebracteate racemes.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals erect.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals 4, unguiculate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 6.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit jointed, the lowest joint (corresponding to the valves of a typical silique) short, slender, seedless, the upper joints containing the seeds, cylindric or moniliform and usually breaking transversely when ripe into 1-seeded joints, apex narrowed into a seedless beak.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds subspherical or ovoid, reddish-brown, pitted.
[FTEA]
Cruciferae, Bengt Jonsell (University of Stockholm). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1982
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual to perennial herbs, ± hispid with simple hairs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves lyrate-pinnatipartite to pinnatifid
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Racemes terminal, ebracteate, ± corymbiform, with many rather large flowers, in fruit elongate, lax
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals erect, the inner larger and somewhat saccate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals white, yellow or ± violet, clawed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 6; filaments linear; anthers linear, obtuse
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Nectaries
- Lateral nectaries very small, median semiglobose or filiform
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary biarticulate; lower segment very short, upper segment long with 2–20 ovules; stigma capitate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit a transversely articulate siliqua; lower segment usually stalk-like, very short, seedless; upper segment indehiscent, cylindrical, in transverse section circular, ± constricted between the seeds, sometimes lomentaceous (i.e. breaking up into 1-seeded portions); beak narrow, seedless
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds ovoid to globose, reticulate to smooth.
Native to:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Amur, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Buryatiya, California, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Crozet Is., Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, Free State, Galápagos, Georgia, Gilbert Is., Greenland, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Irkutsk, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazan-retto, Kentucky, Kenya, Kerguelen, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Kuril Is., Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Labrador, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Louisiana, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Marianas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nepal, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Nicobar Is., North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Rwanda, Réunion, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sudan, Sumatera, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Tristan da Cunha, Turkmenistan, Uruguay, Utah, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Wake I., Washington, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Raphanus L. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Sp. Pl.: 669 (1753)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6 Scientific Data 8: 215.
Literature
Flora Zambesiaca
- Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 300 (1754).
- Sp. Pl. 2: 669 (1753)
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 300 (1754)
- O.E. Schulz in E.P. IV. 105, 70: 194–210 (1919)
- Sp. Pl.: 669 (1753)
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Flora Zambesiaca
Flora Zambesiaca
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0