Diplotaxis
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Diplotaxis tenuifolia foliage
Diplotaxis (wall-rocket) is a genus of about 30-35 species of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to Europe, the Mediterranean region, and Macaronesia; the species diversity is highest in northwest Africa and Cape Verde.
They are annual or perennial plants, either herbaceous or sub-shrubby with a woody base. The flowers are yellow in many species, white in some.
- Species
- Diplotaxis acris (Forssk.) Boiss.
- Diplotaxis antoniensis Rustan
- Diplotaxis assurgens (Delile) Thell.
- Diplotaxis berthautii Braun-Blanq. & Maire
- Diplotaxis brevisiliqua (Coss.) Mart.-Laborde
- Diplotaxis catholica (L.) DC.
- Diplotaxis decumbens (A.Chev.) Rustan & L.Borgen
- Diplotaxis duveyrieriana Cosson
- Diplotaxis erucoides (L.) DC. (syn. D. valentina Pau) – White Wall-rocket
- Diplotaxis glauca (J.A.Schmidt) O.E.Schulz
- Diplotaxis gorgadensis Rustan
- Diplotaxis gracilis (Webb) O.E.Schulz
- Diplotaxis griffithii (Hook.f. & Thoms.) Boiss.
- Diplotaxis harra (Forssk.) Boiss.
- Diplotaxis hirta (A.Chev.) Rustan & L.Borgen
- Diplotaxis ibicensis (Pau) Gómez-Campo
- Diplotaxis lagascana DC.
- Diplotaxis muralis (L.) DC. – Annual Wall-rocket
- Diplotaxis ollivieri Maire
- Diplotaxis pitardiana Maire
- Diplotaxis scaposa DC.
- Diplotaxis siettiana Maire
- Diplotaxis siifolia G.Kuntze
- Diplotaxis simplex (Viv.) Sprengel
- Diplotaxis sundingii Rustan
- Diplotaxis tenuifolia (L.) DC. (syn. Sisymbrium tenuifolium L.) – Perennial Wall-rocket
- Diplotaxis tenuisiliqua Delile
- Diplotaxis varia Rustan
- Diplotaxis villosa Boulos & Jallad
- Diplotaxis viminea (L.) DC.
- Diplotaxis vicentina (Coutinho) Rothm.
- Diplotaxis virgata (Cav.) DC.
- Diplotaxis vogelii (Webb) Cout.
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Cultivation and uses
Some species, such as D. tenuifolia, can be used as leaf vegetables; they are similar to Eruca sativa in their peppery flavour and are used interchangeably with it.
References
- Med-Checklist: Diplotaxis, Diplotaxis acris agg., Diplotaxis catholica agg.
- African Flowering Plants Database: Diplotaxis
- Flora of Pakistan: Diplotaxis
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Diplotaxis". Image Credit.
