Rocket: a Mediterranean crop for the world - Bioversity International
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ROCKET GENETIC RESOURCES NETWORK<br />
Table 1. Species and infraspecific taxa of Diplotaxis † and main area of distribution<br />
Taxon Area<br />
D. acris (Forsk.) Boiss. var. acris<br />
Egypt, Near East to Iraq<br />
var. duveyrieriana (Coss.) Coss.<br />
S Algeria, S Tunisia, S Libya, N Chad<br />
D. assurgens (Del.) Thell. central and N Morocco<br />
D. berthautii Br.-Bl. and Maire central Morocco<br />
D. brachycarpa Godr. N Algeria<br />
D. brevisiliqua (Coss.) Mart.-Laborde NE Morocco, NW Algeria<br />
D. catholica (L.) DC. var. catholica<br />
Spain, Portugal, N Morocco<br />
var. rivulorum (Br.-Bl. and Maire) Maire central Morocco<br />
D. erucoides (L.) DC. subsp. erucoides Europe, North Africa, Near East to Iraq<br />
subsp. longisiliqua (Coss.) Gómez-Campo N Algeria<br />
D. glauca (J. A. Schmidt) O.E. Schulz Cape Verde<br />
D. gracilis (Webb) O.E. Schulz Cape Verde<br />
D. griffitthii (Hook.f. and Thomps.) Boiss. Afghanistan, Pakistan<br />
D. harra (Forsk.) Boiss. subsp. harra<br />
North Africa, W Asia to Iran<br />
subsp. crassifolia (Rafin.) Maire<br />
Sicily<br />
subsp. lagascana (DC.) O. Bolòs and Vigo SE Spain<br />
D. hirta (Chev.) Rustan and Borgen Cape Verde<br />
D. ibicensis (Pau) Gómez-Campo Ibiza, Formentera, Cabrera, E Spain<br />
D. ilorcitana (Sennen) Aedo et al. E Spain<br />
D. kohlaanensis A. Miller and J. Nyberg N Yemen<br />
D. muralis (L.) DC. subsp. muralis<br />
Europe, N Algeria, Near East, America, etc.<br />
subsp. ceratophylla (Batt.) Mart.-Laborde NE Algeria, N Tunisia<br />
D. nepalensis Hara W Nepal<br />
D. ollivierii Maire S Morocco<br />
D. pitardiana Maire S Morocco, S Algeria, Mauritania<br />
D. scaposa DC. Lampedusa<br />
D. siettiana Maire Alboran<br />
D. siifolia Kunze subsp. siifolia<br />
SW Iberian Penisula, N Morocco, NW Algeria<br />
subsp. bipinnatifida (Coss.) Mart.-Laborde S Morocco<br />
subsp. vicentina (Samp.) Mart.-Laborde SW Portugal<br />
D. simplex (Viv.) Sprengel S Morocco to Egypt<br />
D. tenuifolia (L.) DC. subsp. tenuifolia<br />
Europe, North Africa, Near East, America, etc.<br />
subsp. cretacea (Kotov) Sobr. Vesp. NE Ukraine, S Russia<br />
D. tenuisiliqua Del. subsp. tenuisiliqua<br />
central and N Morocco, NW Algeria<br />
subsp. rupestris (J. Ball) Mart.-Laborde central Morocco<br />
D. villosa Boulos and Jallad Jordan<br />
D. viminea (L.) DC. var. viminea<br />
Europe, North Africa, Near East<br />
var. integrifolia Guss.<br />
Europe, North Africa, Near East<br />
D. virgata (Cav.) DC.<br />
Spain and Portugal, Morocco<br />
f. sahariensis Coss.<br />
SE Morocco, SW Algeria<br />
D. vogelii (Webb) O.E. Schulz Cape Verde<br />
†<br />
In some cases <strong>the</strong> status is doubtful or should be changed<br />
chromosome numbers and seem to correspond to what could be called ’natural’<br />
groups within <strong>the</strong> genus.<br />
The D. tenuifolia group includes taxa with seedless beak and petals mostly<br />
brochidodromous (Table 2). Most of <strong>the</strong>m are annuals with subscapose stems, but<br />
D. tenuifolia is perennial and has leafy stems (Figs. 4, 5). Two additional characters, of<br />
phytochemical nature, rein<strong>for</strong>ce <strong>the</strong> group. First, <strong>the</strong> petal extracts of <strong>the</strong>se species<br />
lack <strong>the</strong> very common aglycone kaempferol, which is however present in <strong>the</strong>ir leaves<br />
and o<strong>the</strong>rwise widespread in <strong>the</strong> genus (Sánchez-Yélamo 1994). And second, a<br />
strong, acrid smell comes out from <strong>the</strong>ir foliage, which most probably is due to