Brassicaceae
Erucastrum

Erucastrum arabicum Fisch. & C.A.Mey.

First published in Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 5: 35 (1839)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Egypt to Namibia, Arabian Peninsula. It is an annual and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, Kenya, Namibia, Oman, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1994). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 1: 1-336. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • Boulos, L. (1999). Flora of Egypt 1: 1-419. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 1-449. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (2000). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(1): 1-532. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Exell, A.W. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1960). Flora Zambesiaca 1(1): 1-336. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
  • Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E.: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
  • Jonsell, B. (1982). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Cruciferae: 1-73.
  • Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1994). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 1: 1-336. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • Jonsell, B. (1982). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Cruciferae: 1-73.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by B. Jonsell [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3 (1): 261 (1915).
  • A. Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 25 (1847).
  • Agnew & Stewart in A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 94 (1974).
  • Cufod., Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (Supplement in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux.) p. 147 (1954).
  • Engl., Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr.: 224 (1892).
  • Exell in Flora Zambesiaca 1: 189, fig. 28/E (1960).
  • Fisch. & Mey. in Ind. Sem. Hort. Bot. Petropol. 5: 35 (1838).
  • Fischer & Meyer in Linnaea 13, Litt. bericht für 1839: 109 (1839).
  • Hainz, Schreiber & Marais in Prodr. Fl. Südwestafr. 48: 3 (1966).
  • Jonsell in Bot. Notis. 129: 127 (1976).
  • Marais in Flora of Southern Africa 13: 9 (1970).
  • O.E. Schulz in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV. 105, 70: 96 (1919).
  • Robyns & Boutique in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 2: 528 (1951).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 1: 212 (1948).
  • Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 4, App. II: 182 (1896).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2012 Congdon, T.C.E. [779] Tanzania K000823871 No
Jan 1, 1996 Glover, P.E.; Gilliland [1132] Somalia K000230310 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Glover, P.E.; Gilliland [1132] Somalia K000230311 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1985 Fischer [s.n.] Arabian Peninsula K000653856 Isosyntype Yes
Jan 1, 1985 s.coll. [4160] Arabian Peninsula K000653857 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1985 Schimper, W. [941] Arabian Peninsula K000653855 Isosyntype Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Arabian Peninsula K000653858 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dowson, W.J. [3] Kenya Brassica arabica K000230328 Unknown Type Material No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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