Taxon: Rorippa islandica (Oeder) Borbás

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Common names:

• marsh cress   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• northern yellow cress   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• yellow-watercress   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of rape   (fide Pl GR News 101:20. 1995)
  

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Distributional range:

• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Iceland; Ireland; Norway [n.w.]; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria [w.]; Switzerland
  East Europe: Russian Federation - European part [s.]; Ukraine [c. & n.]
  Southeastern Europe: Bosnia and Herzegovina; Greece [n.w.]; Italy [n.]; Montenegro; Slovenia
  Southwestern Europe: France [s.]; Spain [n.]

References:

• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist. [lists as R. islandica (Gunnerus) Borbas].
• Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972–. Atlas florae europaeae. [lists as R. islandica (Oeder ex Murray) Borbas].
• Jonsell, B. 1968. Studies in the north-west European species of Rorippa s. str. Symb. Bot. Upsal. 19:46–66.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Stuckey, R. L. 1972. Taxonomy and distribution of the genus Rorippa in North America. Sida 4:354–355.
• Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' flora of Egypt, ed. 2.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition.
• Webster's third new international dictionary.

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Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Rorippa islandica.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Rorippa islandica.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Sisymbrium islandicum Oeder (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Rorippa islandica (Oeder) Borbás:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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