2956.000 Rapistrum Crantz

Description of the genus

Annual to perennial herbs, stiffly bristly-hairy. Inflorescence of terminal branched racemes. Sepals with inner pair slightly saccate. Petals yellow. Stamens 6. Fruit of 2 segments: the lower slender, containing 0-2 seeds, separated from upper by a constriction; upper larger, 1-seeded and falling at maturity. Seeds ovoid.

Worldwide: 2 species in C Europe, the Mediterranean region and W Asia

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Species	Links to maps	FZ divisions	Content
rugosum (L.) All.	Altitude Rainfall Geology	C

Other sources of information about Rapistrum:

ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Rapistrum
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Rapistrum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Rapistrum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Rapistrum
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Rapistrum

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Rapistrum.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=622, retrieved 22 May 2013

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