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Family
Classification
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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Brassica L., Sp. Pl. 666 (1753)
Vernacular Name(s):
Cole; Mustard
Description
Annual to perennial taprooted herbs, rarely shrubs. Hairs simple, usually bristly, sometimes 0. Stems erect or ascending, usually leafy. Lvs lyrate-pinnate, pinnate, lyrate-pinnatifid, pinnatifid, or not lobed; margin crenate or serrate. Racemes usually ebracteate. Sepals erect to patent; inner pair ± saccate at base. Petals yellow or white. Stamens 6, without appendages. Lateral nectaries 2, behind bases of lateral stamens; median nectaries 2, in front of paired stamens. Style short; stigma capitate or slightly 2-lobed. Silique linear to narrow-oblong, dehiscent; valves with strong median and weaker lateral veins; beak tapering or elongated, 0–3-seeded. Seeds almost spherical, not winged, finely reticulate, in 1 row per locule.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 8 |
| Total | 8 |
Bibliography
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
