''Crambe'' is a
genus of
annual and
perennial flowering plants in the
family Brassicaceae,
native to a variety of habitats in Europe, Turkey, southwest and central Asia and eastern Africa. They carry dense
raceme
A raceme ( or ) or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along the shoots that bear the flowers. The oldest flowers grow close to the base and new flowers are produced as the s ...
s of tiny white or yellow flowers on (mostly leafless) stems above the basal leaves. ''Crambe hispanica'' subsp. ''abyssinica'', formerly known as ''
Crambe abyssinica
''Crambe abyssinica'' is an annual oilseed crop of the family Brassicaceae. It is mainly cultivated due to the high levels of erucic acid that are contained in its seeds. The crambe oil is used for industrial purposes and its side products can be ...
'', is grown for the oil from the seeds that has characteristics similar to
whale oil.
The word "crambe" derives, via the Latin ''crambe'', from the Greek ''κράμβη'', a kind of cabbage.
''Crambe'' species are used as food plants by the
larvae of the weevil ''
Lixus canescens Lixus may refer to:
* ''lixus'', the Latin word for "boiled"
* Lixus (ancient city) in Morocco
* ''Lixus (beetle)'', a genus of true weevils
* Lixus, one of the sons of Aegyptus and Caliadne
Caliadne (; Ancient Greek: Καλιάδνης ) or Calia ...
'' (
Coleoptera
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
)
[ ''Skuhrovec, J. & Volovnik, S.'' (2015) Biology and morphology of immature stages of ''Lixus canescens'' (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Lixinae). Zootaxa, 4033(3): 350-362. ] and some
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera ( ) is an order (biology), order of insects that includes butterfly, butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 Family (biology), families and 46 Taxonomic r ...
species including the
lime-speck pug.
Species
Currently accepted species include:
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Crambe alutacea
''Crambe'' is a genus of annual and perennial flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to a variety of habitats in Europe, Turkey, southwest and central Asia and eastern Africa. They carry dense racemes of tiny white or yellow flower ...
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Hand.-Mazz.
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Crambe arborea''
Webb ex Christ
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Crambe armena
''Crambe'' is a genus of annual and perennial flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to a variety of habitats in Europe, Turkey, southwest and central Asia and eastern Africa. They carry dense racemes of tiny white or yellow flowers ...
''
N.Busch
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Crambe cordifolia
''Crambe cordifolia'', the greater sea-kale, colewort or heartleaf crambe ( syn. ''Crambe glabrata'' DC.), is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, native to the Caucasus. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Aw ...
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Steven
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Crambe edentula
''Crambe'' is a genus of annual and perennial flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to a variety of habitats in Europe, Turkey, southwest and central Asia and eastern Africa. They carry dense racemes of tiny white or yellow fl ...
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Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Korsh.
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Crambe feuilleei''
A.Santos ex Prina & Mart.-Laborde
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Crambe filiformis''
Jacq.
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Crambe fruticosa''
L.f.
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Crambe gigantea''
(Ceballos & Ortuño) Bramwell
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Crambe gomeraea''
Webb ex Christ
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Crambe gordjagini''
Sprygin & Popov
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Crambe grandiflora''
DC.
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Crambe grossheimii''
I.I.Khalilov
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Crambe hedgei''
I.I.Khalilov
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Crambe hispanica''
L.
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Crambe juncea''
M.Bieb.
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Crambe kilimandscharica
''Crambe'' is a genus of annual and perennial flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to a variety of habitats in Europe, Turkey, southwest and central Asia and eastern Africa. They carry dense racemes of tiny white or yellow fl ...
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O.E.Schulz
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Crambe koktebelica
''Crambe'' is a genus of annual and perennial flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to a variety of habitats in Europe, Turkey, southwest and central Asia and eastern Africa. They carry dense racemes of tiny white or yellow fl ...
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(Junge) N.Busch
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Crambe kralikii
''Crambe'' is a genus of annual and perennial flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to a variety of habitats in Europe, Turkey, southwest and central Asia and eastern Africa. They carry dense racemes of tiny white or yellow flowers ...
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Coss.
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Crambe laevigata
''Crambe'' is a genus of annual and perennial flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to a variety of habitats in Europe, Turkey, southwest and central Asia and eastern Africa. They carry dense racemes of tiny white or yellow flowers ...
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DC. ex Christ
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Crambe maritima
''Crambe maritima'', common name sea kale, seakale or crambe, is a species of halophytic (salt-tolerant) flowering plant in the genus ''Crambe'' of the family Brassicaceae. It grows wild along the coasts of mainland Europe and the British Isl ...
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L.
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Crambe microcarpa
''Crambe'' is a genus of annual and perennial flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to a variety of habitats in Europe, Turkey, southwest and central Asia and eastern Africa. They carry dense racemes of tiny white or yellow flower ...
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A.Santos
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Crambe orientalis
''Crambe'' is a genus of annual plant, annual and perennial plant, perennial flowering plants in the family (biology), family Brassicaceae, native plant, native to a variety of habitats in Europe, Turkey, southwest and central Asia and eastern A ...
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L.
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Crambe pinnatifida
''Crambe'' is a genus of annual and perennial flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to a variety of habitats in Europe, Turkey, southwest and central Asia and eastern Africa. They carry dense racemes of tiny white or yellow flower ...
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W.T.Aiton
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Crambe pritzelii
''Crambe'' is a genus of annual and perennial flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to a variety of habitats in Europe, Turkey, southwest and central Asia and eastern Africa. They carry dense racemes of tiny white or yellow flower ...
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Bolle
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Crambe scaberrima
''Crambe'' is a genus of annual and perennial flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to a variety of habitats in Europe, Turkey, southwest and central Asia and eastern Africa. They carry dense racemes of tiny white or yellow flower ...
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Webb ex Bramwell
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Crambe schugnana
''Crambe'' is a genus of annual and perennial flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to a variety of habitats in Europe, Turkey, southwest and central Asia and eastern Africa. They carry dense racemes of tiny white or yellow flowers ...
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Korsh.
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Crambe scoparia
''Crambe'' is a genus of annual and perennial flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to a variety of habitats in Europe, Turkey, southwest and central Asia and eastern Africa. They carry dense racemes of tiny white or yellow fl ...
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Svent.
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Crambe sinuatodentata
''Crambe'' is a genus of annual and perennial flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to a variety of habitats in Europe, Turkey, southwest and central Asia and eastern Africa. They carry dense racemes of tiny white or yellow flower ...
''
Hochst. & G.W.Schimp.
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Crambe steveniana
''Crambe'' is a genus of annual and perennial flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to a variety of habitats in Europe, Turkey, southwest and central Asia and eastern Africa. They carry dense racemes of tiny white or yellow flowers ...
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Rupr.
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Crambe strigosa
''Crambe'' is a genus of annual and perennial flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to a variety of habitats in Europe, Turkey, southwest and central Asia and eastern Africa. They carry dense racemes of tiny white or yellow flower ...
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L'Hér.
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Crambe sventenii
''Crambe'' is a genus of annual and perennial flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to a variety of habitats in Europe, Turkey, southwest and central Asia and eastern Africa. They carry dense racemes of tiny white or yellow flowers ...
''
Pett. ex Bramwell & Sunding
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Crambe tamadabensis
''Crambe'' is a genus of annual and perennial flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to a variety of habitats in Europe, Turkey, southwest and central Asia and eastern Africa. They carry dense racemes of tiny white or yellow flower ...
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Prina & Marrero Rodr.
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Crambe tatarica
''Crambe'' is a genus of annual and perennial flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to a variety of habitats in Europe, Turkey, southwest and central Asia and eastern Africa. They carry dense racemes of tiny white or yellow flowers ...
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Sebeók
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Crambe × tchalenkoae''
Popovich & Zernov
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Crambe wildpretii
''Crambe'' is a genus of annual and perennial flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to a variety of habitats in Europe, Turkey, southwest and central Asia and eastern Africa. They carry dense racemes of tiny white or yellow fl ...
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Prina & Bramwell
References
External links
Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae genera
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