Raphanus

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Raphanus

Description

Annual to perennial herb, ± hispid with simple hairs. Leaves lyrate-pinnati-partite to pinnatifid. Sepals erect, the inner larger and somewhat saccate. Petals white, yellow or ± violet, clawed. Stamens 6; Ovary biarticulate; Fruit a transversely articulate Siliqua; Seeds ovoid to globose, reticulate to smooth.

Distribution

the Mediterranean area
About 8 spp., native in the Mediterranean area; 2 spp. are almost cosmopolitan weeds.

Citation

PRANTL 1891 – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl Fam. III: 179
LINNÉ 1936 – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl Fam., ed. 2, 17b: 347
BAILLON 1871 – In: Hist. Pl.: 250
B. & H. 1862 – In: Gen. Pl.: 101
SCHULZ 1919 – In: Pflanzenr.: 194
ENDL. 1839: Gen. Pl.: 886
LINNÉ 1754: Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 300