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Raphanus raphanistrum

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Raphanus raphanistrum

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Also known as Wild Radish, Wild rape

species of flowering plant

OverviewAI-generated

Raphanus raphanistrum, commonly known as wild radish, is a species of plant in the family Brassicaceae. It belongs to the genus Raphanus and is classified within the order Brassicales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The species produces fruit of the silique type and is native to regions including Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, the Azores, Baleares, the Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, and the Canary Islands.

The taxon is accepted under the authority L. and has been assigned a Least Concern status by the IUCN Red List in 2011. In certain regions, it holds a conservation status of Vulnerable. The species has been recorded in 212,713 occurrences and has 77,161 observations on iNaturalist.

Synthesized by Vinony from 41 facts across 9 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, iNaturalist, IUCN Red List, Gbif Occ, Encyclopedia of Life, Plants of the World, WoRMS, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Least Concern

wild radish

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderBrassicales
  5. FamilyBrassicaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is.
Observations77,161
Observations recorded212,713

II, III, IV, V, RM, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X

via GBIF · IUCN · Kew POWO

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Encyclopedic overview

Raphanus raphanistrum, also known as wild radish, white charlock or jointed charlock, is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. The species is native to western Asia, Europe and parts of Northern Africa. It has been introduced into most parts of the world and is regarded as a habitat threatening invasive species in many areas, for example, Australia. It spreads rapidly and is often found growing on roadsides or in other places where the ground has been disturbed. The cultivated radish, widely used as a root vegetable, is sometimes considered to be one of its subspecies as Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus.

Description

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Raphanus raphanistrum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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