Moricandia arvensis

Moricandia arvensis
Inflorescence
Habitus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Moricandia
Species:	M. arvensis
Binomial name
Moricandia arvensis (L.) DC.
Synonyms [1]
List Agrosinapis arvensis(L.) Fourr. Brassica arvensisL. Brassica moricandiaBoiss. Brassica purpureaMill. Diplotaxis arvensis(L.) Bluff, Nees & Schauer Diplotaxis brassiciformisKoch ex Boiss. Eruca arvensis(L.) Noulet Erucastrum decandolliiK.F.Schimp. & Spenn. Hesperis arvensis(L.) Cav. Moricandia longirostrisPomel Sisymbrium amplexicauleJan ex E.Fourn.

Moricandia arvensis, or the purple mistress, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. ^[2] It has a broadly western Mediterranean distribution, from the Canary Islands to northern Africa including Mauritania and Chad, the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and as far as Greece, and has been introduced to France, Corsica, and Sardinia. ^[1] It has an intermediate C₃–C₄ carbon fixation system, ^[3] known as C₂ photosynthesis. ^[4]

References

1. "Moricandia arvensis (L.) DC". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 9 January 2022.
2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. "Moricandia arvensis (L.) DC". gbif.org. GBIF Secretariat. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
3. Holaday, A.Scott; Shieh, Yuh-Jang; Lee, Kit W.; Chollet, Raymond (1981). "Anatomical, ultrastructural and enzymic studies of leaves of Moricandia arvensis, a C₃-C₄ intermediate species". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 637 (2): 334–341. doi:10.1016/0005-2728(81)90172-9.
4. Adwy, W; Laxa, M; Peterhansel, C (December 2015). "A simple mechanism for the establishment of C₂-specific gene expression in Brassicaceae". The Plant Journal. 84 (6): 1231–8. doi: 10.1111/tpj.13084 . PMID   26603271.