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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Sisymbrium

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid II > Order: Brassicales > Family: Brassicaceae

About 80 species, native to Eurasia, the Mediterranean region, Africa and South America. Five species are native to southern Africa, three are naturalised, and a further species is cultivated in the region.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Sisymbrium burchellii

 

Sisymbrium capense

 

Sisymbrium dissitiflorum

 

Sisymbrium expansum

 

Sisymbrium turczaninowii

 

Species naturalised in southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Sisymbrium irio

 

Sisymbrium officinale

 

Sisymbrium orientale

 

Other species, cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Sisymbrium altissimum

Native to central Europe.

 

Publications

  • Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.