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Capsella (plant)

Genus of flowering plants in the mustard family

Genus of flowering plants in the mustard family

  • Bursa Boehm.
  • Bursa-pastoris Ség.
  • Marsypocarpus Neck.
  • Nasturtium Roth, nom. illeg.
  • Opizia Raf.
  • Rodschiedia G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.

Capsella is a genus of herbaceous annual and biennial plants in the family Brassicaceae. It is a close relative of Arabidopsis, Neslia, and Halimolobos.

Some authors circumscribe Capsella to contain only three species: Capsella bursa-pastoris, Capsella rubella and Capsella grandiflora. , Kew's Plants of the World Online list eight species.

Capsella rubella is a self-fertilizing species that became self-compatible 50,000 to 100,000 years ago. Its outcrossing progenitor was Capsella grandiflora. In general, the shift from outcrossing to self-fertilization is among the most common transitions in flowering plants. Capsella rubella is studied as a model for understanding the evolution of self-fertilization.

The name is said to derive from Latin capsa, a box or case, alluding to fruit resembling a medieval wallet or purse; the suffix -ella denotes "lesser".

Species

Species include:

  • Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
  • Capsella × gracilis Gren. (sterile hybrid)
  • Capsella grandiflora (Fauché & Chaub.) Boiss.
  • Capsella lycia Stapf
  • Capsella mexicana Hemsl.
  • Capsella orientalis Klokov
  • Capsella rubella Reut.
  • Capsella tasmanica (Hook.) F.Muell.

Formerly placed here

  • Asta schaffneri (S.Watson) O.E.Schulz (as Capsella schaffneri S.Watson)

References

References

  1. "19. ''Capsella'' Medikus". Flora of China.
  2. Slotte, T.. (2006). "Intrageneric phylogeny of ''Capsella'' (Brassicaceae) and the origin of the tetraploid ''C. bursa-pastoris'' based on chloroplast and nuclear DNA sequences". American Journal of Botany.
  3. (2013). "Genomic identification of founding haplotypes reveals the history of the selfing species ''Capsella rubella''". PLOS Genet..
  4. (July 2013). "The ''Capsella rubella'' genome and the genomic consequences of rapid mating system evolution". Nat. Genet..
  5. "Capsella". efloras.org.
  6. (1985). "The names of plants". Cambridge University Press.
  7. "''Asta schaffneri'' (S.Watson) O.E.Schulz". [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]].
  8. "''Capsella'' Medik.". [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]].
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