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Brassica tournefortii (Tournefort's Cabbage) |
Brassica tournefortii (BRASSICACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Brassica tournefortii Gouan
Published in Obs. Bot. 44 (1773) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Brassicaceae
Juss. (=Cruciferae) (The Mustard or Cress Family)
47 species from the Brassicaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Tournefort's Cabbage, Sahara Mustard, Asian Mustard | Maltese name(s) : | Kaboċċa ta' Twurneforti | Status for Malta : | Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man | Frequency : | Very Common Common Frequent
Scarce Rare
Very Rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: THEROPHYTE (annuals)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Mar-Apr | Colour of Flowers: | Yellow or Cream |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Mainly on maritime sands or sandy soils closeto the sea |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Annual, rarely perennial; stems up to 50 cm. Lower leaves numerous, rosulate, very shortly petiolate, runcinate-pinnatifid, with 7-10 pairs of obtuse-lanceolate lobes, hispid, especially along the thick, white mid-vein, and ciliate. Cauline leaves few, sessile, more or less entire, glabrous. Sepals aub-erect, sparsely hispid or glabrous; petals 5-7 mm, narrowly oblong-obovate, pale yellow, usually violaceous at the base, becoming whitish. Siliqua 35-65 x 2.5-3 mm, constricted at intervals, very shortly stipitate; beak 10-20 mm, 1/3-1/2 as long as the valvar portion |
Chromosome number: |
2n=20 |
Distributional range: |
Mediterranean region |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Crete, Greece, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), Doubtful in Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
AE(G T) Ag Cr Cy Eg Gr Hs(S) Ir It Le Li Lu Ma Sa Si(M S) Sn Tn Tu(A) [Bl(N) Ga(F)] |
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