Biology:Moricandia arvensis

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Short description: Species of plant in the family Brassicaceae

Moricandia arvensis
Flores moricandia arvensis.jpg
Inflorescence
Moricandia arvensis Habitus 2013-2-24 SierraMadrona.jpg
Habitus
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Moricandia
Species:
M. arvensis
Binomial name
Moricandia arvensis
Synonyms[1]

Moricandia arvensis, the purple mistress, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae.[2] It has a broadly western Mediterranean distribution, from the Canary Islands to northern Africa including Mauritania and Chad, the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and as far as Greece, and has been introduced to France, Corsica, and Sardinia.[1] It has an intermediate C3C4 carbon fixation system,[3] known as C2 photosynthesis.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Moricandia arvensis (L.) DC." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/1085378-2. 
  2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy.. "Moricandia arvensis (L.) DC.". GBIF Secretariat. https://www.gbif.org/species/5376035. 
  3. Holaday, A.Scott; Shieh, Yuh-Jang; Lee, Kit W.; Chollet, Raymond (1981). "Anatomical, ultrastructural and enzymic studies of leaves of Moricandia arvensis, a C3-C4 intermediate species". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics 637 (2): 334–341. doi:10.1016/0005-2728(81)90172-9. 
  4. Adwy, W; Laxa, M; Peterhansel, C (December 2015). "A simple mechanism for the establishment of C₂-specific gene expression in Brassicaceae.". The Plant Journal 84 (6): 1231–8. doi:10.1111/tpj.13084. PMID 26603271. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6024189 entry