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Index of Plant Families (5 families in this page)

BRASSICALES - The Crucifers and allies
BRASSICACEAE
Mustard or Cress
CAPPARIDACEAE
Caper
CARICACEAE
Papaya
RESEDACEAE
Mignonette
TROPAEOLACEAE
Nasturtium
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BRASSICACEAE
Juss.
( Mustard or Cress Family )
Conservative synonym: Cruciferae 		Subfamalies: nil.

Family Description: Annual to perennial herbs, rarely small shrubs. Leaves alternate, exstipulate. Flowers usually hermaphrodite, actinomorphic, hypogynous. Sepals 4, free, in 2 decussate pairs. Petals 4, rarely absent, free, clawed, imbricate or contorted, alternating with the sepals. Stamens usually 6, rarely 4, 2 or 0, tetradynamous (an outer pair with short filaments, and 2 inner pairs, 1 posterior and 1 anterior, with long filaments); filaments sometimes winged or with a tooth-like appendage. Nectarial glands of various sizes, shapes, colours and dispositions around the base of the stamens and ovary. Ovary of 2 carpels, syncarpous, with 2 parietal placentas, usually bilocular through the formation of a membranous false septum by the union of outgrowths of the placentas, sometimes transversely plurilocular. Stigma capitate to bilobed. Fruit usually a dehiscent capsule opening by 2 valves from below, called a siliqua when at least 3 times as long as wide or a silicula if less than 3 times as long as wide; sometimes indehiscent, breaking into 1-seeded portions or not; rarely transversely articulate with dehiscent and indehiscent segments; sometimes dividing at maturity into 1-seeded portions (lomentum).
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
Biscutella didyma subsp. didyma
L.

Main Synonym :
Biscutella eriocarpa DC.
Buckler Mustard,
Mediterranean Biscutella 		Xeħt il-forom Feb-Apr Normal Profile
with
20
images.
Brassica napus
L.

Main Synonym :
Rapa napus Mill.
Rapeseed,
Oilseed Rape,
Swede 		Nevew Feb-Apr Normal Profile
with
0
images.
Brassica nigra
W.D.J.Koch

Main Synonym :
Brassica bracteolata Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
Black Mustard Mustarda sewda Mar-Apr Normal Profile
with
13
images.
Brassica oleracea
L.

Main Synonym :
Brassica sylvestris Mill.
Wild Cabbage,
Cabbage,
Cauliflower 		Kaboċċa selvaġġa,
Kaboċċa 		Mar-May Normal Profile
with
0
images.
Brassica rapa subsp. sylvestris
(L.) Lam. & Janchen

Main Synonym :
Brassica campestris L.
Wild Turnip,
Bargeman's Cabbage 		Liftija Nov-Apr Detailed Profile
with
28
images.
Cakile maritima
Scop.

Main Synonym :
Bunias cakile L.
Sea Rocket,
European Sea Rocket 		Kromb il-baħar Dec-Aug Normal Profile
with
13
images.
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Medik.

Main Synonym :
Capsella apetala Opiz
Shepherd's Purse Ġarġir il-ġemel Dec-Jun Normal Profile
with
10
images.
Capsella rubella
Reut.

Main Synonym :
Capsella bursa-pastoris var. rubella (Reut.) Hobk.
Red Shepherd's Purse,
Pink Shepherd's Purse 		Ġarġir il-ġemel ħamra Dec-Jun Normal Profile
with
8
images.
Cardamine flexuosa
With.

Main Synonym :
Cardamine hirsuta subsp. flexuosa O.E.Schulz
Wavy Bittercress,
Woodland Bittercress 		Maltese name not known Feb-Jun Normal Profile
with
0
images.
Cardamine hirsuta
L.

Main Synonym :
Cardamine umbrosa Wimm. & Grab.
Hairy Bittercress,
Land Cress,
Lamb's Cress 		Maltese name not known Feb-Jun Normal Profile
with
11
images.
Coincya tournefortii
(Gouan) Alcaraz, T.E.Díaz, Rivas Mart. & Sánchez-Gómez

Main Synonym :
Erucastrum tournefortii Link
Brassica tournefortii Gouan
Tournefort's Cabbage,
Sahara Mustard,
Asian Mustard 		Kaboċċa ta' Twurneforti Mar-Apr Normal Profile
with
3
images.
Conringia orientalis
(L.) Dumortier

Main Synonym :
Conringia austriaca (Jacq.) Sweet
Hare's Ear Mustard,
Hare's Ear Cabbage 		Maltese name not known Jun-Sep Normal Profile
with
0
images.
Descurainia sophia
(L.) Webb ex Prantl

Main Synonym :
Sisymbrium sophia L.
Flixweed,
Tansy Mustard,
Herb Sophia 		Maltese name not known May-Jul Normal Profile
with
0
images.
Diplotaxis erucoides
(L.) DC.

Main Synonym :
Sinapis erucoides L.
White Wall Rocket,
White Rocket 		Ġarġir abjad Oct-May Detailed Profile
with
49
images.
Diplotaxis tenuifolia
(L.) DC.

Main Synonym :
Diplotaxis fruticulosa Tod. ex Caruel
Perennial Wall Rocket,
Sand Rocket,
Slim-leaved Wall Rocket 		Ġarġir isfar Oct-Jun Detailed Profile
with
36
images.
Diplotaxis viminea
(L.) DC.

Main Synonym :
Diplotaxis prolongoi Boiss.
Southern Rocket Aruka selvaġġa Jan-Apr Normal Profile
with
8
images.
Draba verna
L.

Main Synonym :
Erophila vulgaris DC.
Erophila verna (L.) DC.
Common Whitlow Grass Maltese name not known Feb-Apr Normal Profile
with
0
images.
Enarthrocarpus pterocarpus
(Pers.) DC.

Main Synonym :
Raphanus pterocarpus Pers.
Winged Radish Ravanell tal-Eġittu Mar-Apr Normal Profile
with
3
images.
Eruca vesicaria
(L.) Cav.

Main Synonym :
Eruca sativa (L.) Mill.
Salad Mustard,
Rucola,
Spiked Rocket 		Aruka,
Rukola 		Apr-May Normal Profile
with
7
images.
Erysimum cheiri
(L.) Crantz

Main Synonym :
Cheiranthus cheiri L.
Wallflower,
English Wallflower,
Aegean Wallflower 		Ġiżi safra Mar-Apr Normal Profile
with
0
images.
Hirschfeldia incana
(L.) Lagr.-Foss.

Main Synonym :
Brassica adpressa Boiss.
Hoary Mustard,
Short-podded Mustard,
Buchan Weed 		Mustarda selvaġġa Feb-May Detailed Profile
with
27
images.
Hornungia procumbens subsp. revelierei
(Jord.) Giardina & Raimondo

Main Synonym :
Hutchinsia procumbens forma sommieri Pamp.
Hymenolobus revelierei subsp. sommieri (Pamp.) Brullo
Maltese Hymenolobus Ġargir ta' Kemmuna Feb-May Normal Profile
with
0
images.
Lepidium didymum
L.

Main Synonym :
Cochlearia humifusa Michx.
Coronopus didymus (L.) Sm.
Lesser Swine Cress Koronopu tal-wied Mar-May Normal Profile
with
9
images.
Lepidium draba
L.

Main Synonym :
Lepidium arvense Mill.
Cardaria draba Desv.
Whitetop Plant,
Hoary Cress 		Maltese name not known Apr-May Normal Profile
with
9
images.
Lepidium graminifolium
L.

Main Synonym :
Lepidium suffruticosum L.
Grass-leaved Pepperwort,
Grass-leaved Pepperweed 		Buttuniera wieqfa May-Oct Normal Profile
with
8
images.
Lepidium sativum
L.

Main Synonym :
Nasturtium sativum Moench
Garden Cress,
Garden Cress Pepperweed 		Maltese name not known May-Jul Normal Profile
with
4
images.
Lepidium squamatum
(L.) Al-Shehbaz

Main Synonym :
Cochlearia coronopus L.
Coronopus squamatus (Forrskål) Ascherson
Swine Cress,
Greater Swinecress 		Koronopu Feb-Jun Normal Profile
with
12
images.
Lobularia maritima
(L.) Desv.

Main Synonym :
Alyssum maritimum (L.) Lam.
Sweet Alyssum,
Sweet Alison 		Buttuniera Oct-Jun Detailed Profile
with
40
images.
Matthiola incana subsp. incana
(L.) W.T.Aiton

Main Synonym :
Matthiola glabra DC.
Hoary Stocks,
Tenweek's Stock,
Brampton Stock 		Giżi Feb-May Normal Profile
with
12
images.
Matthiola incana subsp. melitensis
Brullo, Lanfr., Pavone & Ronsisv.

Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Maltese Stocks Giżi ta' Malta Mar-May Normal Profile
with
25
images.
Matthiola longipetala
DC.

Main Synonym :
Cheiranthus longipetalus Vent.
Night-scented Stock,
Evening Scent 		Giżi ta' lejl Apr-May Normal Profile
with
7
images.
Matthiola lunata
DC.

Main Synonym :
Matthiola glandulosa Pomel
Spanish stocks Giżi ta' Spanja Apr-May Normal Profile
with
0
images.
Matthiola tricuspidata
(L.) W.T.Aiton

Main Synonym :
Cheiranthus tricuspidatus L.
Three-horned Stocks Ġiżi tal-baħar Mar-Jun Normal Profile
with
10
images.
Nasturtium officinale
R. Br.

Main Synonym :
Nasturtium aquaticum Wahlenb.
Watercress Krexxuni,
Sija 		Feb-May Normal Profile
with
10
images.
Neslia paniculata subsp. thracica
(Velen.) Bornm.

Main Synonym :
Neslia apiculata Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall.
Ball mustard Maltese name not known Feb-Apr Normal Profile
with
7
images.
Noccaea perfoliata
(L.) Al-Shehbaz

Main Synonym :
Thlaspi perfoliatum L.
Perfoliate Penny Cress Maltese name not known Jan-Jun Normal Profile
with
0
images.
Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. landra
(Moretti ex DC.) Bonnier & Layens

Main Synonym :
Raphanistrum landra Rchb.
Italian Wild Radish Maltese name not known Apr-Sep Normal Profile
with
8
images.
Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. maritimus
(Sm.) Thell.

Main Synonym :
Raphanus maritimus Sm.
Maritime Wild radish Ravanell salvaġġ tal-baħar Apr-Sep Normal Profile
with
9
images.
Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. raphanistrum
L.

Main Synonym :
Raphanus sylvestris Lam.
Wild Radish,
Jointed-podded Charlock,
White Charlock 		Ravanell salvaġġ Dec-May Detailed Profile
with
59
images.
Raphanus sativus
L.

Main Synonym :
Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus (L.) Domin
Garden Radish,
Cultivated Radish 		Ravanell May-Aug Normal Profile
with
0
images.
Rapistrum rugosum
(L.) All.

Main Synonym :
Myagrum rugosum L.
Annual Bastard Cabbage,
Turnip Weed 		Mustarda taż-żibeġ Feb-Apr Normal Profile
with
5
images.
Sinapis alba
L.

Main Synonym :
Brassica alba (L.) Rabenh.
White Mustard,
White Charlock,
Yellow Mustard 		Mustarda,
Mustarda Bajda 		Dec-Apr Detailed Profile
with
48
images.
Sinapis arvensis
L.

Main Synonym :
Brassica arvensis (L.) Rabenh.
Charlock,
Charlock Mustard 		Mustarda selvaġġa Jan-May Normal Profile
with
7
images.
Sisymbrium altissimum
L.

Main Synonym :
Sisymbrium pannonicum Jacq.
Tumble Mustard,
Tall Tumble Mustard,
Tall Rocket 		Maltese name not known Apr-Jul Normal Profile
with
6
images.
Sisymbrium irio
L.

Main Synonym :
Sisymbrium erysimastrum Lam.
London Rocket Libsiena komuni Feb-Jun Normal Profile
with
10
images.
Sisymbrium officinale
(L.) Scop.

Main Synonym :
Erysimum officinale L.
Hedge Mustard,
Tumble Weed,
Hedge Wild Mustard 		Mustarda rqiqa,
Libsiena 		Mar-Jun Detailed Profile
with
31
images.
Sisymbrium orientale
L.

Main Synonym :
Sisymbrium columnae Jacq.
Oriental Hedge Mustard,
Indian Hedge Mustard,
Eastern Rocket 		Maltese name not known Mar-Jun Normal Profile
with
0
images.


CAPPARIDACEAE
Juss.
( Caper Family )		 Subfamalies: nil.

Family Description: Herbs, shrubs or trees. Leaves simple, or ternate to palmate, alternate, stipulate or not; stipules sometimes spinose. Flowers solitary or in racemes, actinomorphic or more usually zygomorphic, hermaphrodite. Sepals 4. Petals 4. Stamens 6 to many. Ovary 1, superior, on a gynophore; carpels 2. Fruit a 2-valved, unilocular capsule, or a berry.
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
Capparis orientalis
Duhamel

Main Synonym :
Capparis spinosa subsp. rupestris (Sm.) Nyman
Caper bush,
Spineless Caper 		Kappar Apr-Aug Normal Profile
with
14
images.
Capparis spinosa
L.

Main Synonym :
Capparis parviflora Hook.f. & Thomson
Spiny Caper Kappar tax-xewk Apr-Aug Normal Profile
with
7
images.


CARICACEAE
Dumort.
( Papaya Family )		 Subfamalies: nil.

Family Description: Description text for this family is under progress and unavailable at the moment ...
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
Carica papaya
L.

Main Synonym :
Papaya vulgaris DC.
Papaya Papajja,
Siġra tal-Papajja 		Mar-Apr Normal Profile
with
12
images.


RESEDACEAE
S.F. Gray
( Mignonette Family )		 Subfamalies: nil.

Family Description: Annual to perennial herbs, rarely woody, with alternate, simple or pinnatifid leaves. Flowers in terminal, bracteate racemes or spikes. Sepals 4-8; petals 4-8, free, entire or laciniate; stamens 7-25, inserted on a hypogynous or perigynous, often eccentric disc. Carpels 3-7, superior, free and uniovulate or united into a unilocular ovary which is open above, with numerous ovules on parietal placentae. Fruit a capsule open at the top or consisting of 4-7 1-seeded, radiating carpels. Seeds suborbicular or reniform, without endosperm.
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
Reseda alba
L.

Main Synonym :
Reseda fruticulosa L.
White Mignonette,
White Upright Mignonette,
Upright Mignonette 		Denb il-ħaruf abjad Dec-May Normal Profile
with
13
images.
Reseda lutea
L.

Main Synonym :
Reseda mucronata Tineo
Wild Mignonette,
Yellow Mignonette 		Denb il-ħaruf isfar Apr-Jul Normal Profile
with
4
images.


TROPAEOLACEAE
DC.
( Nasturtium Family )		 Subfamalies: nil.

Family Description: Flowers solitary, axillary, hypogynous, zygomorphic, hermaphrodite. Sepals 5, the dorsal produced into a spur; petals 5, clawed; stamens 8, free, unequal; ovary 3-locular, each loculus with 1 pendent ovule; placentation axile; style 1, apical; stigmas 3, linear. Fruit of 3 indehiscent, 1-seeded carpels, which separate from the central axis when mature.
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
Tropaeolum majus
L.

Main Synonym :
Trophaeum majus Kuntze
Garden Nasturtium,
Indian Cress,
Monk's Cress 		Kapuċċinella,
Kaboċċinella 		Oct-Apr Detailed Profile
with
53
images.

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