View source for Eruca

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Eruca
|accepted_authority=Miller
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gard. Dict. Abr. ed.
|place=4, vol. 1. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Brassicaceae;Brassicaceae tribe Brassiceae;Eruca
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Brassicaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Brassicaceae tribe Brassiceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Eruca]]</div></div>
|etymology=Latin uro, burn, alluding to the burning taste of seeds
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=page 226, 233, 244, 419
|treatment_page=page 434
}}<!--

--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="">Annuals;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="">not scapose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="whole-organism architecture;whole-organism pubescence;whole-organism pubescence;whole-organism pubescence;whole-organism pubescence;whole-organism pubescence;whole-organism duration">glabrous, hirsute, or hispid, (trichomes often retrorse).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="stem orientation;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>erect, branched [unbranched].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>basal and cauline;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="leaf position;leaf position;leaf architecture;leaf architecture">petiolate or sessile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="basal leaf arrangement;basal leaf arrangement;basal leaf architecture;blade margin architecture or shape;blade margin architecture or shape;blade margin architecture or shape">basal rosulate or not, petiolate, blade margins usually lyrate-pinnatifid or pinnatipartite, rarely bipinnatisect or undivided;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="cauline leaf architecture;cauline leaf architecture;margin architecture or shape;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape">cauline shortly petiolate or sessile, blade (base not auriculate), margins entire, dentate, or pinnatifid.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties=""><b>Racemes </b>(corymbose), greatly elongated in fruit.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="raceme length;raceme orientation;raceme fragility or size"><b>Fruiting </b>pedicels erect to ascending, stout.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="flower orientation;flower shape;flower position;flower architecture or shape"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals (sometimes persistent), erect, oblong [linear], (connivent), lateral pair saccate basally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="petal coloration;petal coloration;petal shape;claw variability">petals cream or yellow (with dark-brown or purple veins), broadly obovate, claw differentiated from blade (± equal to sepals, apex obtuse or emarginate);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="stamen architecture">stamens strongly tetradynamous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="filament shape">filaments not dilated basally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="anther shape;anther shape">anthers oblong or linear, (base sagittate, apex obtuse);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="nectar gland atypical quantity;nectar gland fusion;nectar gland position;nectar gland presence">nectar glands (4), distinct, median pair present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="fruits silique dehiscence;fruits silique architecture"><b>Fruits </b>siliques, dehiscent, sessile, segments 2, linear or oblong [elliptic], not torulose, terete or slightly 4-angled;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="segment quantity;segment shape;segment shape;segment shape;segment shape;segment shape;segment shape;segment shape;segment shape;segment shape;segment shape;segment shape;segment shape;segment shape;segment shape;segment shape">(terminal segment indehiscent, flattened and ensiform, seedless);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="valve pubescence;valve pubescence;valve pubescence;valve pubescence;valve pubescence;midvein prominence">valves each with prominent midvein, (coriaceous), glabrous, hirsute, or hispid;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="replum shape">replum rounded;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties="septum architecture">septum complete, (membranous);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s21" data-properties="">ovules 10–50 per ovary;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s22" data-properties="ovule quantity">(style obsolete);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s23" data-properties="stigma shape;stigma shape">stigma conical, 2-lobed (lobes connivent, decurrent).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s24" data-properties="seed arrangement;seed size;seed architecture;seed shape;seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>biseriate, plump, not winged, [sub] globose or ovoid;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s25" data-properties="seed-coat coating">seed-coat (minutely reticulate), mucilaginous when wetted;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s26" data-properties="">cotyledons conduplicate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s27" data-properties="cotyledon arrangement or vernation;x chromosome quantity">x = 11.</span><!--

-->{{Treatment/Body
|distribution=Eurasia;Africa;also in Mexico;Central America;South America;Asia;Atlantic Islands;Australia
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species 1.</p>
|tables=
|references=
}}<!--

--><!--

-->{{#Taxon:
name=Eruca
|author=Suzanne I. Warwick
|authority=Miller
|rank=genus
|parent rank=tribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Brassicaceae
|distribution=Eurasia;Africa;also in Mexico;Central America;South America;Asia;Atlantic Islands;Australia
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Gard. Dict. Abr. ed.
|publication year=1754
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V7/V7_652.xml
|tribe=Brassicaceae tribe Brassiceae
|genus=Eruca
|anther shape=linear;oblong
|basal leaf architecture=petiolate
|basal leaf arrangement=not;rosulate
|blade margin architecture or shape=undivided;pinnatipartite;lyrate-pinnatifid
|cauline leaf architecture=sessile;petiolate
|claw variability=differentiated
|cotyledon arrangement or vernation=conduplicate
|filament shape=dilated
|flower architecture or shape=saccate
|flower orientation=erect
|flower position=lateral
|flower shape=oblong
|fruits silique architecture=sessile
|fruits silique dehiscence=dehiscent
|leaf architecture=sessile;petiolate
|leaf position=cauline;basal
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|margin shape=pinnatifid;dentate;pinnatifid;dentate
|midvein prominence=prominent
|nectar gland atypical quantity=4
|nectar gland fusion=distinct
|nectar gland position=median
|nectar gland presence=absent
|ovule quantity=10;50
|petal coloration=yellow;cream
|petal shape=obovate
|raceme fragility or size=stout
|raceme length=elongated
|raceme orientation=erect;ascending
|replum shape=rounded
|seed architecture=not winged
|seed arrangement=biseriate
|seed shape=ovoid;globose
|seed size=plump
|seed-coat coating=mucilaginous
|segment quantity=2
|segment shape=4-angled;terete;not torulose;oblong;linear;4-angled;terete;not torulose;oblong;linear;4-angled;terete;not torulose;oblong;linear
|septum architecture=complete
|stamen architecture=tetradynamous
|stem architecture=branched
|stem orientation=erect
|stigma shape=2-lobed;conical
|valve pubescence=hispid;hirsute;hispid;hirsute;glabrous
|whole-organism architecture=not scapose
|whole-organism duration=annual
|whole-organism pubescence=hispid;hirsute;hispid;hirsute;glabrous
|x chromosome quantity=11
}}<!--

-->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Brassicaceae tribe Brassiceae]]