Nasturtium × sterile

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Brassicales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Brassicales

Familia: Brassicaceae
Subfamilia: Brassicoideae
Tribus: Cardamineae
Genus: Nasturtium
Nothospecies: Nasturtium × sterile

Name

Nasturtium × sterile (Airy Shaw) Oefelein, 1958

• Formula Hybridae: N. microphyllum × N. officinale

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Rorippa ×sterilis Airy Shaw
    

Note: Widely naturalised in suitable habitats, but likely an artificially selected hybrid. It tends to occur close to human habitation as well as where parent species intersect.

References

• Oefelein, H. 1958. Bericht der Schweizerischen Botanischen Gesellschaft. Bulletin de la Société Botanique Suisse 68: 250.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Nasturtium × sterile in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Brown Watercress