- Family:
- Brassicaceae Burnett
Capsella Medik.

[FZ]
Cruciferae, A. W. Exell. Flora Zambesiaca 1:1. 1960
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or biennial herbs with slender tap-root.
- Morphology Leaves
- Basal leaves entire or pinnatifid, cauline amplexicaul.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers usually white.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals not saccate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals 4.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 6.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Silicule flattened-obcordate (rarely ovoid) with keeled, net-veined valves.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds several in each loculus.
[FTEA]
Cruciferae, Bengt Jonsell (University of Stockholm). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1982
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual to short-lived perennials, small to medium-sized, with a taproot
- Morphology General Indumentum
- Hairs simple forked or branched
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Racemes terminal, ebracteate, corymbose, with small flowers, in fruit lax
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals somewhat spreading, not saccate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals white, sometimes reddish or yellowish, ± clawed (rarely absent)
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 6; filaments linear; anthers ovoid, obtuse
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Nectaries
- Nectaries as semicircular glands at each side of each lateral stamen
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary dorsiventrally flattened, obovate in outline, with 10–40 ovules in each locule
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit a silicula, dehiscent, flat, with narrow septum, obtriangular to obcordate; valves keeled
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds numerous, not mucilaginous.
Native to:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Greece, Gulf States, Hungary, Iceland, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Magadan, Manchuria, Mexico Central, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tasmania, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Azores, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, Burundi, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Crozet Is., Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Easter Is., Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., Florida, Free State, Galápagos, Georgia, Great Britain, Greenland, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ireland, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, Kerguelen, KwaZulu-Natal, Labrador, Lesotho, Louisiana, Madeira, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Namibia, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, Newfoundland, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ogasawara-shoto, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Rwanda, Réunion, Saskatchewan, Socotra, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South Georgia, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sudan, Svalbard, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Capsella Medik. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Pfl.-Gatt.: 85 (1792)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
Literature
Flora Zambesiaca
- Pflanz.–Gatt.: 85 (1792) now. conserv.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Pflanzengatt. 1: 85 (1792), nom. conserv.
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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/
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