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Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus (L.) Domin (1910)
Synonymy:
- ≡ Raphanus sativus L., Sp. Pl. 669 (1753)
- = Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus L.H.Bailey (1920)
- = Raphanus caudatus L.
Description
Annual or biennial. Taproot tuberous, napiform or cylindric, white or red, 1–3–(8) cm diam. Stems often reddish, (10)–40–100 cm tall. Rosette and lower stem lvs lyrate-pinnate, rarely simple; terminal leaflet (2)–3–6 × (2)–3–6 cm, wider than rest of lf; lateral leaflets in 1–4 distant pairs. Stem lvs simple, rarely with a pair of basal lobes, orbicular to lanceolate, 1–3 cm long. Racemes 15–40 cm long. Pedicels 1–2 cm long, stout at fruiting. Sepals 6–8 × 1–2 mm. Petals usually white, sometimes pink or mauve, rarely pale yellow, mauve-veined, 15–20 mm long. Silique (1)–5–12-seeded, ovoid to cylindric, not or scarcely constricted between seeds, not breaking into segments, veined or very weakly ribbed, tapering at apex, 20–60 × 8–15 mm. Seeds c. 3 mm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4. Raphanus sativus L.]
Biostatus
Exotic
Phenology
Flowering: Oct.–Mar.–(May); Fruiting: Oct.–Mar.–(May)
Bibliography
Heenan, P.B.; de Lange, P.J.; Cameron, E.K.; Parris, B.S. 2008: Checklist of dicotyledons, gymnosperms, and pteridophytes naturalised or casual in New Zealand: additional records 2004–06. New Zealand Journal of Botany 46: 257–283. [as Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus L.H.Bailey]
Iljinska, A.P. 2008: A taxonomic analysis of the genus Raphanus L. (sect. Raphanus; Brassicaceae). Ukrayins'kyi Botanichnyi Zhurnal 65: 811–822. [as Raphanus sativus L.]
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Swaamy, K.R.M 2023: Origin, distribution, genetic diversity and breeding of rasdish (Raphanus sativus L.). International Journal of Development Research 13(02): 61657–61673. [as Raphanus sativus L.]
