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This genus is accepted, and its native range is Europe, Medit to Pakistan.

[FTEA]

Cruciferae, Bengt Jonsell (University of Stockholm). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1982

Morphology General Habit
Annual or biennial herbs with taproot and simple or branched hairs
Morphology Stem
Stems ± erect, with sessile undivided ± sagittate leaves
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes ebracteate, terminal
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals not saccate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals yellow or whitish, spathulate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens 6, with linear filaments; anthers ovoid, obtuse
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Nectaries
Nectaries at each side of the bases of the lateral stamens
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Ovary pyriform, with very short gynophore and distinct style; stigma capitate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit a silicula, dehiscent, with broad septum, obovoid to pyriform; valves distinctly convex
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds numerous, elliptic in outline, ± trigonous, mucilaginous.

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, Chita, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Manchuria, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Romania, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Alabama, Alberta, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Brazil South, British Columbia, California, Chile Central, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Great Britain, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Japan, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, Korea, Kriti, Labrador, Louisiana, Magadan, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon

Camelina Crantz appears in other Kew resources:

First published in Stirp. Austr. Fasc. 1: 18 (1762)

Accepted by

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Literature

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Tedin in Hereditas 6: 275–386 (1925)
  • Zinger in Trav. Mus. Bot. Acad. Pétersb. 6: 1–303 (1909)
  • Stirp. Austr. 1:17 (1762)

Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0