African Plant Database


Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser
Family : BRASSICACEAE
Protologue : Enum. Pl. (Besser) 27 (1822)
Information on the genus : Rorippa
Basionym : Sisymbrium amphibium var. palustre L.
 
 
Status
Status for NA : accepted (present)
Status for TA : accepted (present)
 
Synonym(s) Homotypic
 Sisymbrium amphibium var. palustre L. (1753)
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Rorippa islandica auct. Afr. N.
=Nasturtium palustre DC. (1821)
 
Ecology and distribution
Trop. Afr.
Biology : Annual to short-lived perennial herb, 10-100 cm tall.
Ecology : Riversides, moist places. Native in Europe, Asia, N. America; introduced elsewhere; Ethiopia? (native?).

Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
  • Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing

Bibliography for Southern Africa :
  • Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. 1: 65 (1991).

Bibliography for North Africa :
  • Med-Checklist 3: 153 (1986).
  • Tutin, T. G. (1993). Flora Europaea [ed. 2] 1: 345
  • Fl. Iberica 4: 109 (1993) 
  • Fl. Egypt (Boulos) 1: 193 (1999).

Bibliography other :
  • Symb. Bot. Upsal. 19(2): (1968).
 
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Record n°78061 modified 2017-03-09
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