Raphanus L.
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1213417E-FE99-FE9A-C75D-F3DC4A94CAFE |
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Plazi |
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Raphanus L. |
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108. Raphanus L. 4
Annual to perennial herbs. Racemes ebracteate. Sepals erect; petals abruptly contracted into claw; filaments without appendages. Fruit a transversely articulate siliqua; the lower segment very short, slender, seedless, indéhiscent; the upper circular in section, indéhiscent, straight-sided, or lomentaceous (at least in part), or constricted between the seeds but not breaking up into 1-seeded portions; beak narrow, seedless.
Literature: A. Thellung in Hegi, III. Fl. Mitteleur. 4 (1): 272-86 (1918). O. E. Schulz in Engler, Pflanzenreich 70 (IV. 105): 194- 210 (1919).
The following treatment is largely based on that of Thellung; the distribution-pattern, especially in the cases of subspp. (a) and (e), is confused by widespread introductions.
R. sativus L., Sp. Pl. 669 (1753) cultivated for its edible root, is of unknown origin; many cultivars exist, and the plant is a frequent casual over much ofEurope. The root is thick, napiform or cylindrical and the siliqua is 20-90 x 8-15 mm, not lomentaceous, and not or scarcely constricted between the (1 —)5—12 seeds. Some of its variants are transitional to the wild plants in Europe.
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