Moricandia is a genus of plants of the family Brassicaceae. This genus is mainly distributed in North Africa, the Middle East, and Southern Europe. It is associated with arid and semi-arid environments. Flowers of this genus are actinomorphic-dissymmetrical and mostly lilac in color, although they vary from white to purple depending on the species and climatic conditions. Some species show extreme phenotypic plasticity for flower size, shape, and color.[1] The fruits are two-valved dehiscent siliques with one or two sets of seeds per valve.[2]
Moricandia shows high variability in the morphological characters used for identification, making this genus's taxonomy complex and, many times, controversial.[3] Eight species with a variable number of synonymies and subspecies are actually accepted.[4]Moricandia arvensis also known as purple mistress is the most widely distributed species of this genus. Moricandia moricandioides commonly known as violet cabbage, a native of the Mediterranean, is cultivated as a garden flower.
Some species of this genus perform C2 photosynthesis,[5] making them interesting in the engineering of C2 crops.[6]
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moricandia, genus, snail, gastropod, genus, plants, family, brassicaceae, this, genus, mainly, distributed, north, africa, middle, east, southern, europe, associated, with, arid, semi, arid, environments, flowers, this, genus, actinomorphic, dissymmetrical, mo. For the genus of snail see Moricandia gastropod Moricandia is a genus of plants of the family Brassicaceae This genus is mainly distributed in North Africa the Middle East and Southern Europe It is associated with arid and semi arid environments Flowers of this genus are actinomorphic dissymmetrical and mostly lilac in color although they vary from white to purple depending on the species and climatic conditions Some species show extreme phenotypic plasticity for flower size shape and color 1 The fruits are two valved dehiscent siliques with one or two sets of seeds per valve 2 MoricandiaMoricandia arvensisScientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade EudicotsClade RosidsOrder BrassicalesFamily BrassicaceaeGenus MoricandiaDC SpeciesSee textMoricandia shows high variability in the morphological characters used for identification making this genus s taxonomy complex and many times controversial 3 Eight species with a variable number of synonymies and subspecies are actually accepted 4 Moricandia arvensis also known as purple mistress is the most widely distributed species of this genus Moricandia moricandioides commonly known as violet cabbage a native of the Mediterranean is cultivated as a garden flower Some species of this genus perform C2 photosynthesis 5 making them interesting in the engineering of C2 crops 6 Species editMoricandia arvensis L DC Moricandia foetida Bourg ex Coss Moricandia moricandioides Boiss Heywood Moricandia nitens Viv Durieu amp Barr Moricandia rytidocarpoides Lorite Perfectti Gomez Gonzalez Megias amp Abdelaziz 7 Moricandia sinaica Boiss Moricandia spinosa Pomel Moricandia suffruticosa Desf Coss amp DurieuPreviously considered a Moricandia species M foleyi Batt is now ascribed to the genus Eruca as Eruca foleyi based in phylogenetic analyses 8 References edit Gomez JM Perfectti F Armas C Narbona E Gonzalez Megias A Navarro L DeSoto L Torices R 2020 Within individual phenotypic plasticity in flowers fosters pollination niche shift Nature Communications 11 1 4019 Bibcode 2020NatCo 11 4019G doi 10 1038 s41467 020 17875 1 PMC 7419554 PMID 32782255 S2CID 221108247 Gupta S K 2016 Biology and breeding of crucifers Boca Raton CRC Press ISBN 978 1 4200 8608 9 Jimenez J F Sanchez Gomez P 2011 Molecular taxonomy and genetic diversity of Moricandia moricandioides subsp pseudofoetida compared to wild relatives Plant Biosystems 146 1 99 105 doi 10 1080 11263504 2011 579191 S2CID 84630593 Retrieved 27 December 2021 Kew Royal Botanical Garden Plants of the World Online Retrieved 27 December 2021 Schluter Urte Brautigam Andrea Gowik Udo Melzer Michael Christin Pascal Antoine Kurz Samantha Mettler Altmann Tabea Weber Andreas PM January 2017 Photosynthesis in C 3 C 4 intermediate Moricandia species Journal of Experimental Botany 68 2 191 206 doi 10 1093 jxb erw391 PMC 5853546 PMID 28110276 Adwy W Laxa M Peterhansel C December 2015 A simple mechanism for the establishment of C specific gene expression in Brassicaceae The Plant Journal 84 6 1231 8 doi 10 1111 tpj 13084 PMID 26603271 Moricandia rytidocarpoides Lorite Perfectti J M Gomez Gonz Megias amp Abdelaziz GBIF the Global Biodiversity Information Facility Perfectti F Gomez J M Gonzalez Megias A Abdelaziz A Lorite J 2017 Molecular phylogeny and evolutionary history of Moricandia DC Brassicaceae PeerJ 5 e3964 doi 10 7717 peerj 3964 PMC 5661452 PMID 29093999 Retrieved 27 December 2021 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Moricandia Moricandia DC by E Sobrino Vesperinas nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Moricandia Evoflor a web page on Moricandia floral evolution nbsp This Brassicales article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Moricandia amp oldid 1140807744, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
