Family:
Brassicaceae Burnett
Genus:
Moricandia DC.

Moricandia sinaica (Boiss.) Boiss.

This species is accepted, and its native range is E. Egypt to N. Somalia and Pakistan.

[FSOM]

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit
Perennial herb, glaucous, up to 1 m tall
Morphology Leaves
Leaves fleshy, ovate to oblong-ovate, 2–10 x 2–6(–8) cm, obtuse, the upper sessile with clasping base, the lower with cuneate base
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals 10–15 mm long, pink or white
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Siliqua 30–80 x 1.5–3 mm
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds c. 1 mm long.
Distribution
N2; Arabian Peninsula, Egypt, Iran, Pakistan
Ecology
Altitude  c. 1300 m.
Note
First record for Somalia.

Native to:

Egypt, Iran, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Somalia, Yemen

Moricandia sinaica (Boiss.) Boiss. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 2016 Aucher-Eloy [167], Egypt K000230234 isotype Yes

First published in Fl. Orient. 1: 386 (1867)

Accepted by

  • Al-Eisawi, D. (2016). Taxonomic synopsis of Brassicaceae for the flora of Jordan. Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 71: 219-226.
  • Boulos, L. (1999). Flora of Egypt 1: 1-419. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 1-449. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Hedge, J. & Rechinger, K.H. (1968). Flora Iranica 57: 1-372. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz.
  • Jafri, S.M.H. (1973). Flora of West Pakistan 55: 1-308.
  • Llewellyn, O.A., Hall, M., Miller, A.G., Al-Abbasi, T.M., Al-Wetaid, A.H., Al-Harbi, R.J. & Al-Shammari, K.F. (2011). Important plant areas in the Arabian peninsula: 4. Jabal Aja. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 68: 199-224.
  • Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press.
  • Mosti, S., Raffaelli, M. & Tardelli, M. (2012). Contributions to the flora of central-southern Dhofar (Sultanate of Oman). Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 67: 65-91.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Somalia 3: 1-626. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Al-Eisawi, D. (2016). Taxonomic synopsis of Brassicaceae for the flora of Jordan. Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 71: 219-226.
  • Boulos, L. (1999). Flora of Egypt 1: 1-419. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Llewellyn, O.A., Hall, M., Miller, A.G., Al-Abbasi, T.M., Al-Wetaid, A.H., Al-Harbi, R.J. & Al-Shammari, K.F. (2011). Important plant areas in the Arabian peninsula: 4. Jabal Aja. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 68: 199-224.
  • Mosti, S., Raffaelli, M. & Tardelli, M. (2012). Contributions to the flora of central-southern Dhofar (Sultanate of Oman). Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 67: 65-91.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Somalia 3: 1-626. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

  • Flora of Somalia

    Flora of Somalia
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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

  • 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