Dilophia Thomson

Genus

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Brassicaceae

Characteristics

Herbs perennial. Trichomes absent or simple. Roots fleshy, conical. Stems erect, simple underground, branched aboveground. Basal leaves sessile, fleshy, rosulate, simple, entire or sinuate or dentate. Cauline leaves sessile, attenuate and not auriculate, entire. Corymbs several to many flowered, bracteate or ebracteate, simple or compound, not elongated in fruit. Fruiting pedicels ascending or divaricate. Sepals broadly ovate, persistent, ascending, glabrous or puberulent, base of lateral pair not saccate. Petals white or pink, longer than sepals; blade obovate or spatulate, apex obtuse or emarginate; claw obscurely to distinctly differentiated from blade. Stamens 6, slightly spreading, slightly tetradynamous; filaments not dilated at base; anthers ovate, apiculate at apex. Nectar glands confluent and subtending bases of all filaments. Ovules 4-12 per ovary. Fruit dehiscent silicles, obcordate, angustiseptate, sessile; valves membranous or thin papery, obscurely veined, glabrous or puberulent, rounded, smooth, apically gibbous and cristate; replum strongly flattened, base much broader; septum complete or perforated; style to 0.5 mm, included in apical notch of fruit; stigma capitate, entire. Seeds wingless, broadly oblong or ovoid, slightly flattened; seed coat minutely reticulate, not mucilaginous when wetted; cotyledons incumbent or oblique.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) -
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Dilophia world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:12519-1
WFO ID wfo-4000011745
COL ID 99DZH
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Dilophia

Lower taxons

Dilophia ebracteata Dilophia salsa