Brassica rapa L. [family CRUCIFERAE]

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 1, Part 1, page 181, (1960) Author: A. W. Exell
Names
Brassica sp. [family CRUCIFERAE], — Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr. 5: 355 (1916) quoad specim. Eyles 295.
Brassica campestris L. [family CRUCIFERAE], loc. cit. — Oliv., F.T.A. 1: 66 (1868) — O. E. Schulz in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV, 105, 1: 45 (1919). — Burtt Davy, F.P.F.T. 1: 127 (1926). Type from Europe.
Brassica rapa L. [family CRUCIFERAE], Sp. Pl. 2: 666 (1753). Type from Europe.
Information
Annual or biennial herb with stout or tuberous tap-root. Basal leaves stalked, bristly, lyrate-pinnatifid, upper ones sessile, amplexicaul, ± glaucous. Flowers bright yellow, in terminal racemes. Sepals spreading. Petals 4, 6–10 mm. long. Stamens 6. Silique curved, erect, slightly flattened with a long, tapering beak. Seeds 1–5–2 mm. in diam., blackish or reddish-brown.
Habitat
Occasional as an escape from cultivation.
Range
North temperate regions.
Distribution
Zimbabwe E Chimanimani Mts., Musapa Gap, Wild 3520 (SRGH).Mozambique MS Vila Paiva, fl. viii.1945, Pimenta 241 (LISC).Zimbabwe N Mazoe, fl. & fr. iii.1906, Eyles 295 (BM; SRGH).
Notes
The Turnip and Wild Rape.
Brassica rapa L. [family CRUCIFERAE]
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