Diplotaxis (plant)

Diplotaxis is a genus of 39 species of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to Europe, the Mediterranean region, Macaronesia, Western Asia, the Himalayas, and northeastern tropical Africa; the species diversity is highest in the Iberian Peninsula, North Africa and the Cape Verde archipelago. They are annual or perennial plants, either herbaceous or sub-shrubby with a woody base. The flowers are yellow in most species, but are white in Diplotaxis erucoides and violet in Diplotaxis acris. Some species, such as Diplotaxis tenuifolia and Diplotaxis muralis, have been historically used as leaf vegetables, are similar to Eruca sativa in their peppery flavour, and are used interchangeably with it.

Species

39 species are accepted.

Diplotaxis acris Boiss.
Diplotaxis antoniensis Rustan
Diplotaxis assurgens Thell.
Diplotaxis australis
Diplotaxis berthautii Braun-Blanq. & Maire
Diplotaxis brachycarpa Godron
Diplotaxis brevisiliqua Mart.-Laborde
Diplotaxis brochmannii
Diplotaxis catholica DC.
Diplotaxis cossoniana
Diplotaxis cretacea Kolov
Diplotaxis cyrenaica
Diplotaxis duveyrieriana
Diplotaxis erucoides DC. – white wall-rocket
Diplotaxis glauca O.E.Schulz
Diplotaxis gorgadensis Rustan
Diplotaxis gracilis O.E.Schulz
Diplotaxis griffithii Boiss.
Diplotaxis harra Boiss.
Diplotaxis hirta Rustan & L.Borgen
Diplotaxis ibicensis Gómez-Campo
Diplotaxis ilorcitana Aedo, Mart.-Laborde & Muñoz Garm.
Diplotaxis kohlaanensis A. G. Miller & J. Nyberg
Diplotaxis muralis DC. – annual wall-rocket
Diplotaxis nepalensis Hara
Diplotaxis ollivieri Maire
Diplotaxis pitardiana Maire
Diplotaxis saharensis
Diplotaxis × schweinfurthii
Diplotaxis siettiana Maire
Diplotaxis siifolia Kunze
Diplotaxis simplex Spreng.
Diplotaxis sundingii Rustan
Diplotaxis tenuifolia DC. – perennial wall-rocket
Diplotaxis tenuisiliqua Delile
Diplotaxis varia Rustan
Diplotaxis villosa Boulos & Jallad
Diplotaxis viminea DC.
Diplotaxis virgata DC.
Diplotaxis vogelii Cout.
''Diplotaxis × wirtgenii''