''Diplotaxis'' (wall-rocket) is a genus of 32–34 species of

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s in the family

Brassicaceae Brassicaceae () or (the older) Cruciferae () is a medium-sized and economically important family of flowering plants commonly known as the mustards, the crucifers, or the cabbage family. Most are herbaceous plants, while some are shrubs. The le ...

(Cruciferae), native to Europe, the

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and

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; the species diversity is highest in the

Iberian Peninsula The Iberian Peninsula (), ** * Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica'' ** ** * french: Péninsule Ibérique * mwl, Península Eibérica * eu, Iberiar penintsula also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in southwestern Europe, defi ...

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and the

Cape Verde , national_anthem = () , official_languages = Portuguese , national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole , capital = Praia , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , demonym ...

archipelago. They are

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plants, either

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sub-shrub A subshrub (Latin ''suffrutex'') or dwarf shrub is a short shrub, and is a woody plant. Prostrate shrub is a related term. "Subshrub" is often used interchangeably with "bush".Jackson, Benjamin, Daydon; A Glossary of Botanic Terms with their De ...

by with a woody base. The

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s are yellow in most species, but are white in '' Diplotaxis erucoides'' and violet in ''

Diplotaxis acris The scientific name In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name com ...

''. Some species, such as ''

Diplotaxis tenuifolia ''Diplotaxis tenuifolia'' is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name perennial wall-rocket. It is native to Europe and West Asia, where it grows on disturbed ground and roadsides, and it can now be found throug ...

'' and ''

Diplotaxis muralis ''Diplotaxis muralis'', the annual wall-rocket, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. This plant is native to Europe, Asia, and Africa, but it is found throughout the temperate world, where it has Introduced species, natural ...

'', have been historically used as

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s, are similar to ''

Eruca sativa Arugula (American English) or rocket (Commonwealth English) (''Eruca vesicaria''; syns. ''Eruca sativa'' Mill., ''E. vesicaria'' subsp. ''sativa'' (Miller) Thell., ''Brassica eruca'' L.) is an edible annual plant in the family Brassicaceae used a ...

'' in their peppery flavour, and are used interchangeably with it.

Species

''Diplotaxis'' contains the following species: *''

'' ( Forssk.)

Boiss. Pierre Edmond Boissier (25 May 1810 Geneva – 25 September 1885 Valeyres-sous-Rances) was a Swiss prominent botanist, explorer and mathematician. He was the son of Jacques Boissier (1784-1857) and Caroline Butini (1786-1836), daughter of Pierre ...

*''

Diplotaxis antoniensis ''Diplotaxis antoniensis'' is a species of flowering plants of the family Brassicaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde , national_anthem = () , official_languages = Portuguese , national_languages = Cape Verdean ...

'' Rustan *''

Diplotaxis assurgens The scientific name In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name com ...

'' (

Delile Alire Raffeneau Delile (23 January 1778, in Versailles – 5 July 1850, in Montpellier) was a French botanist. Biography Delile studied botany with Jean Lemonnier, and was in the Paris medical school in 1796. Egypt Delile participated in Napole ...

) Thell. *''

Diplotaxis berthautii The scientific name In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name com ...

'' Braun-Blanq. & Maire *'' Diplotaxis brachycarpa'' Godron *'' Diplotaxis brevisiliqua'' (

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) Mart.-Laborde *'' Diplotaxis catholica'' ( L.) DC. *'' Diplotaxis cretacea'' Kolov *'' Diplotaxis erucoides'' (L.) DC. – white wall-rocket *'' Diplotaxis glauca'' ( J.A.Schmidt) O.E.Schulz *'' Diplotaxis gorgadensis'' Rustan *'' Diplotaxis gracilis'' (

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) O.E.Schulz *'' Diplotaxis griffithii'' (

Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of ...

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) Boiss. *'' Diplotaxis harra'' (Forssk.) Boiss. *'' Diplotaxis hirta'' (A.Chev.) Rustan & L.Borgen *'' Diplotaxis ibicensis'' (Pau) Gómez-Campo *'' Diplotaxis ilorcitana'' (Sennen) Aedo, Mart.-Laborde & Muñoz Garm. *'' Diplotaxis kohlaanensis'' A. G. Miller & J. Nyberg *''

'' (L.) DC. – annual wall-rocket *'' Diplotaxis nepalensis'' Hara *'' Diplotaxis ollivieri'' Maire *'' Diplotaxis pitardiana'' Maire *'' Diplotaxis scaposa'' DC. *''

Diplotaxis siettiana ''Diplotaxis siettiana'', known in Spanish as ', is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is endemism, endemic to Isla de Alborán, Alborán Island in the western Mediterranean Sea, where it grows only around the helipad. Th ...

'' Maire *'' Diplotaxis siifolia''

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*'' Diplotaxis simplex'' (

Viv. Domenico Viviani (29 July 1772, Levanto, Liguria – 15 February 1840, Genoa) was an Italian botanist and naturalist. In 1803, he was named professor of botany at the University of Genoa, where he is credited with the founding of its botanical ...

)

Spreng. Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel (3 August 1766 – 15 March 1833) was a German botanist and physician who published an influential multivolume history of medicine, ''Versuch einer pragmatischen Geschichte der Arzneikunde'' (1792–99 in four vo ...

*'' Diplotaxis sundingii'' Rustan *''

'' (L.) DC. – perennial wall-rocket *'' Diplotaxis tenuisiliqua'' Delile *'' Diplotaxis varia'' Rustan *'' Diplotaxis villosa'' Boulos & W.Jallad *'' Diplotaxis viminea'' (L.) DC. *'' Diplotaxis virgata'' ( Cav.) DC. *'' Diplotaxis vogelii'' (Webb) Cout.

References

Brassicaceae genera {{Brassicales-stub