Barbarea

Barbarea

taxobox
name = "Barbarea"



image_caption = "Barbarea vulgaris"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Brassicales
familia = Brassicaceae
genus = "Barbarea"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text|

"Barbarea" ("Bar-ba-ré-a", Winter cress or Yellow rocket) is a genus of about 22 species of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with the highest species diversity in southern Europe and southwest Asia.

They are small herbaceous biennial or perennial plants with dark green, deeply lobed leaves and yellow flowers with four petals.

;Selected species
*"Barbarea balcana"
*"Barbarea bosniaca"
*"Barbarea bracteosa"
*"Barbarea conferta"
*"Barbarea hongii"
*"Barbarea intermedia"
*"Barbarea lepuznica"
*"Barbarea longirostris"
*"Barbarea orthoceras"
*"Barbarea rupicola"
*"Barbarea sicula"
*"Barbarea stricta"
*"Barbarea taiwaniana"
*"Barbarea verna"
*"Barbarea vulgaris"

Uses

They grow quickly into dandelion-like rosettes of edible, cress-like foliage. "B. verna", also known as Upland Cress, Early Winter Cress, American Cress, Belle Isle Cress and Scurvy Grass, is used in salads or to add a nippy taste to mixed greens for cooking.

External links

* [http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Barbarea&SPECIES_XREF=&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= Flora Europaea: "Barbarea"]
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=103484 Flora of China: "Barbarea"]


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