Matthiola W.T.Aiton

First published in Hortus Kew. 4: 119 (1812), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Europe to S. Central Siberia and Himalaya, Macaronesia to Arabian Peninsula, NE. Tropical & S. Africa.

Descriptions

Cruciferae, Bengt Jonsell (University of Stockholm). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1982

Morphology General Habit
Annual herbs to subshrubs, ± branched, with often dense greyish or whitish tomentum of branched and sometimes also glandular hairs
Morphology Leaves
Leaves undivided to pinnatifid
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes ebracteate, with rather few showy flowers, elongate in fruit
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals erect, the inner saccate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals purplish, violet or sordid white, distinctly clawed
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens 6, distinctly tetradynamous; filaments free, the median dilated, the lateral linear; anthers acuminate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Nectaries
Nectaries as prominent horseshoe-shaped glands outside each lateral stamen-base, often continuing outside the base of the median stamens (sometimes forming a ring)
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Ovary linear; stigma practically sessile, conoidal with decurrent narrow lobes, bifid; ovules numerous
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit a siliqua, linear, terete or dorso-ventrally compressed, sometimes torulose, without transverse septa; style often 2-horned
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds uniseriate, suborbicular, compressed, often winged.
[FTEA]

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

Morphology General Habit
Annual herbs to subshrubs with branched and glandular hairs
Morphology Leaves
Leaves undivided to pinnatisect
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes ebracteate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals erect, inner saccate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers large with pink to purple petals
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit a siliqua without tranverse septa; valves rather thin; style often two-horned
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds uniseriate, compressed.
Distribution
Some 50–60 species, mostly in the East Mediterranean and Iranian areas.
[FSOM]

Sources

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0