Rocket

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Rocket
Rocket (Sisymbrium officinale), illustration by Jacob Sturm

Rocket ( Sisymbrium officinale ),
illustration by Jacob Sturm

Systematics
Rosids
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Order : Cruciferous (Brassicales)
Family : Cruciferous vegetables (Brassicaceae)
Tribe : Sisymbrieae
Genre : Rocket
Scientific name of the  tribe
Sisymbrieae
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Scientific name of the  genus
Sisymbrium
L.

Rauks ( Sisymbrium ) are the only genus of the tribe Sisymbrieae in the plant family of the Brassicaceae (Brassicaceae). The approximately 41 species occur in the temperate areas of Eurasia and North America , as well as some species in subtropical and tropical mountain countries. In many parts of the world, some species are neophytes .

The Senfrauken , which also includes rocket , form another genus, and the species of double seeds ( diplotaxis ) are popularly called rockets.

description

Illustration of the gloss rocket ( Sisymbrium irio ) from Flora Batava , Volume 20

Vegetative characteristics

Sisymbrium species grow as annual , biennial or perennial herbaceous plants . The parts of the plant are bare or covered with mostly simple hair. Their leaves are pinnate to undivided.

Generative characteristics

Its flowers are often umbrella- clustered at the beginning , later in cluster-like inflorescences after the inflorescence axis has been extended .

The hermaphrodite flowers are fourfold. The four sepals are at most indistinctly protruding. The four petals are obovate to spatulate and yellow. There are six stamens and the stamens are without appendages. The nectaries are arranged in a ring.

The linear pods have two one to three-veined fruit valves. The seeds stand in a row.

The basic chromosome number is x = 7.

Austrian rocket ( Sisymbrium austriacum )
Rocket ( Sisymbrium officinale )
Stiff rocket ( Sisymbrium strictissimum )
Volga rocket ( Sisymbrium volgense )

Systematics and distribution

Sisymbrium is the only genus of the tribe Sisymbrieae in the family Brassicaceae . The tribe Sisymbrieae was created in 1821 by Augustin-Pyrame de Candolle in Mémoires du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris , Volume 7, p. 237 first published under the name "Sisymbreae".

The genus name Sisymbrium was 1753 Linnaeus in Species Plantarum , 2, pp 657-660 first published . Synonyms for Sisymbrium L. are: Alaida F.Dvorák , Coelophragmus O.E.Schulz , Dimitria Ravenna , Dimorphostemon Kitag. , Lycocarpus O.E.Schulz , Mostacillastrum O.E.Schulz , Pachypodium Webb & Berthel. , Phlebiophragmus O.E.Schulz , Velarum Rchb. , Schoenocrambe Greene . The generic name Sisymbrium is a Latinized ancient Greek name that was used by Dioscorides and Pliny for various types of "mustard".

About 41 species occur in the temperate zones of Eurasia (ten species in China, seven species in Pakistan) and North America (eight species), as well as some species in subtropical and tropical mountain countries. In many parts of the world, some species are neophytes .

There are around 41 species of Sisymbrium (here is a selection):

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Individual evidence

  1. a b Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz: Brassicaceae. : Sisymbrieae , p. 666 - the same text online as the printed work , In: Flora of North America Editorial Committee (Ed.): Flora of North America North of Mexico. Volume 7: Magnoliophyta: Salicaceae to Brassicaceae , Oxford University Press, New York and Oxford 2010, ISBN 978-0-19-531822-7 .
  2. ^ Sisymbrieae in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
  3. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Karol Marhold, 2011: Brassicaceae. Datasheet at Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity .
  4. a b c d e f g Tai-yien Cheo, Lianli Lu, Guang Yang, Ihsan Al-Shehbaz, Vladimir Dorofeev: Brassicaceae. : Sisymbrium , p. 177 - online with the same text as the printed work , In: Wu Zheng-yi, Peter H. Raven (Ed.): Flora of China. Volume 8: Brassicaceae through Saxifragaceae , Science Press and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing and St. Louis 2001, ISBN 0-915279-93-2 .
  5. David Aeschimann, Konrad Lauber, Daniel Martin Moser, Jean-Paul Theurillat: Flora alpina. Volume 1 and 2. Bern, Haupt-Verlag, Stuttgart, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-258-06600-0 .
  6. Rolf Wisskirchen, Henning Haeupler: Standard list of fern and flowering plants in Germany. Ulmer, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-8001-3360-1 .
  7. Jaakko Jalas, Juha Suominen: Atlas florae europaeae. Volume 10 Cruciferae (Sisymbrium to Aubrieta). Helsinki 1994, ISBN 951-9108-09-2 , pp. 15-29.
  8. ^ Oskar Sebald, Siegmund Seybold , Georg Philippi (ed.): The fern and flowering plants of Baden-Württemberg. Volume 2: Special part (Spermatophyta, subclass Dilleniidae): Hypericaceae to Primulaceae. 2nd expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-8001-3323-7 .

Web links

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