Taxon: Rapistrum rugosum (L.) All.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

TX°.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• bastard cabbage   (Source: BSBI )
  
• common giant mustard   (Source: State Noxweed Seed )
  
• turnipweed   (Source: Noxweed Aust )
  

Economic importance:

• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Econ Pl Aust)
  
• Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide Weed CIBA)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Rapistrum rugosum from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

Distributional range:

Native:

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Azores, Madeira Islands; Spain - Canary Islands
  Northern Africa: Algeria [n.]; Egypt; Libya [n.]; Morocco; Tunisia
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Cyprus; Egypt - Sinai; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan
• EUROPE
  East Europe: Russian Federation - European part [s.]; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

Other:

• widely naturalized elsewhere

References:

• Botanical Society of the British Isles. 2007. BSBI checklist. (BSBI)
• CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) (Weed CIBA)
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk)
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist. (L Medit)
• Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17. (L Macar ed4)
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. (Atlas WWeed)
• Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. 2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres. (L Canaries)
• Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972–. Atlas florae europaeae. (Atlas Eur) [lists as R. rugosum (L.) J. P. Bergeret].
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
• Malezasdemexico. Malezas de México - on-line resource. (Malezas Mex)
• Mouterde, P. 1966–. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. (F Liban)
• Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia. (Noxweed Aust)
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
• Rollins, R. C. 1993. The Cruciferae of continental North America. (Cruc NAmer)
• Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act. (State Noxweed Seed)
• Silva, L. et al. 2005. Listagem da fauna e flora terrestres dos Açores. Lista des plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta). (L Azores)
• Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966–. Flora of Iraq. (F Iraq)
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition. (F Eur ed2)
• Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina. (F Palest)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Rapistrum rugosum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Rapistrum rugosum. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Myagrum rugosum L. (basionym)
  

Check other databases for Rapistrum rugosum (L.) All.:

• 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.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• Seeds or fruits: Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?30874 (21 November 2009)

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