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Taxon: Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl

Genus: Descurainia
Family: Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae).
Nomen number: 13568
Place of publication: H. G. A. Engler & K. A. E. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(2):192. 1891
Name verified on: 07-Feb-1990 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 18-May-2006
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Common names:

  • flixweed   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • herb-Sophia   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • sagesse des chirurgiens   (Source: IllF MEur ) – French
  • Besenrauke   (Source: IllF MEur ) – German
  • Sophienkraut   (Source: IllF MEur ) – German

Economic importance:

  • Food additives: flavoring   (fide Cornucopia)
  • Human food: vegetable; potential as oil/fat   (sprouted seeds & leaves fide Cornucopia; oil fide Chin J Oil Crop Sci 20:28-32. 1998)
  • Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide Weed CIBA)
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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • AFRICA
    Northern Africa: Algeria [n.]; Egypt [n.]; Morocco
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Western Asia: Afghanistan; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
    Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
    Siberia: Russian Federation - Eastern Siberia, Western Siberia
    Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
    Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Far East
    Mongolia: Mongolia
    China: China
  • ASIA-TROPICAL
    Indian Subcontinent: Bhutan; India [n.]; Nepal; Pakistan
  • EUROPE
    Northern Europe: Denmark; Finland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom - England [e.]
    Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Switzerland
    East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
    Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sicily]; Romania
    Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain

      Naturalized:
  • widely naturalized in temperate regions

References:

  • CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) (Weed CIBA)
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
  • Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk)
  • Detl. 1939. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 22:487–488.
  • Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. (Cornucopia)
  • Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist. (L Medit)
  • Hegi, G. et al. Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa. ed. 1:1906-1931; ed. 2:1936-68; ed. 3:1966- (IllF MEur)
  • Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2. (F Ariz)
  • Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR) [lists as D. sophia (L.) Schur].
  • Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. (Econ Pl Aust)
  • Luo, P. et al. 1998. Descurainia sophia, an oil-bearing plant species for special purposes. Chin. J. Oil Crop Sci. 20:28–32.
  • Mouterde, P. 1966–. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. (F Liban)
  • Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. A California flora. (F CalifMunz)
  • Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak)
  • Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). (F JapanOhwi)
  • Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
  • Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. (F Canada)
  • Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri. (F Missouri)
  • Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' flora of Egypt, ed. 2. (SF Egypt)
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition. (F Eur ed2)
  • Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina. (F Palest)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • 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.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

  • Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
  • Seeds or fruits: Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images 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.

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