Family: Brassicaceae
Cakile
Citation:
Miller, Gard. Dict. edn 4 (1754).
Derivation: From kakeleh, the Arabic name for the genus.
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Sea-rockets.
Description:
Annual rarely perennial succulent herbs, glaucous, glabrous.
Sepals erect, dimorphic; petals clawed; stamens 6; median glands present.
Silicula corky, indehiscent, mid-vein distinct, differentiated into 2 1-seeded segments; seeds dimorphic; radicle accumbent.
Distribution:
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7 species of marine and lacustrine distribution, native of the Northern Hemisphere, now cosmopolitan; 2 species established in Australia. (Rodman (1971) Contr. Gray Herb. 205:3-146.)
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Biology:
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Key to Species:
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1. Lower fruit-segment much narrower than the upper, without horn-like projections at the apex |
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C. edentula 1. |
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1. Lower fruit-segment almost as broad as the upper, bearing 2 lateral blunt horns toward the apex |
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C. maritima 2. |
Author:
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