Taxon: Erucastrum gallicum (Willd.) O. E. Schulz

Common names:

• bracted rocket   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• dog mustard   (Source: Sida 15:579. 1993) – English
  
• French rocket   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• hairy rocket   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• rocketweed   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• französische Hundsrauke   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• kålsenap   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Gene sources: gene transfer for rape   (fide Euphytica 103:301. 1998, based on the use of (E. gallicum) B. juncea allopolyploid as bridge species)
  
• Gene sources: potential for disease resistance in mustard   (fide Euphytica 95:127. 1997, for disease resistance to Leptosphaeria maculans)
  
• Gene sources: secondary genetic relative of rape   (fide Euphytica 95:127. 1997, based on reports of successful crosses with Brassica napus)
  
• Gene sources: secondary genetic relative of turnip   (fide Euphytica 95:127. 1997, based on reports of successful crosses with Brassica rapa)
  
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of Abyssinian cabbage   (based on records of hybrids with Brassica carinata using embryo rescue fide Warwick et al. 2009)
  
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of mustard   (fide Euphytica 95:127. 1997, reporting hybrid formation by embryo rescue with Brassica juncea)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (of disturbed areas, introduced in the US fide F CalifJep; Sida 15:569-582. 1993)
  

Distributional range:

• EUROPE
  Middle Europe: Austria; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Switzerland
  Southeastern Europe: Italy [n.w.]; Slovenia
  Southwestern Europe: France; Spain [n.e.]

• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Finland [s.]; Ireland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Czech Republic; Germany; Slovakia
  East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Italy; Romania; Serbia
  Southwestern Europe: France
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Subarctic America: Canada - Northwest Territory
  Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec; St. Pierre and Miquelon
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Maryland
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Bahamas

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.
• Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972–. Atlas florae europaeae.
• Lefol, E. et al. 1997. Sexual hybridisation in crosses of cultivated Brassica species with the crucifers Erucastrum gallicum and Raphanus raphanistrum: potential for gene introgression. Euphytica 95:127–139.
• Luken, J. O. et al. 1993. Erucastrum gallicum (Brassicaceae): invasion and spread in North America. Sida 15:569–582.
• Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia.
• Rao, G. U. et al. 1998. Isolation of useful variants in alloplasmic crop bassicas in the cytoplasmic background of Erucastrum gallicum. Euphytica 103:301–306.
• Rollins, R. C. 1993. The Cruciferae of continental North America.
• Snowdon, R. et al. 2007. Chapter 7. Brassica oilseeds. In: Singh, R. J. et al., eds., Genetic resources, chromosome engineering, and crop improvement. 196–230. [this reviee included this taxon as part of the tertiary gene pool of Brassica oilseed crops].
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition.
• Warwick, S. I. & D. A. Wall. 1998. The biology of Canadian weeds. 108. Erucastrum gallicum (Willd.) O.E. Schulz. Canad. J. Pl. Sci. 78:155–166.
• Warwick, S. I. et al. 2003. Hybridization between transgenic Brassica napus L. and its wild relatives: Brassica rapa L., Raphanus raphanistrum L., Sinapis arvensis, and Erucastrum gallicum (Willd.) O. E. Schulz. Theor. Appl. Genet. 107:528–539.
• Warwick, S. I. et al. 2009. PART III. Interspecific and intergeneric hybridization data. In: Warwick, S.I. et al., Guide to wild germplasm of Brassica and allied crops (Tribe Brassiceae, Brassicaceae), ed. 3 (on-line resource). 1–91.

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Synonyms:

• (=) Erucastrum pollichii K. F. Schimp. & Spenn.
  
• (≡) Sisymbrium gallicum Willd. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Erucastrum gallicum (Willd.) O. E. Schulz:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• 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.

Images:

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

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