Nasturtium

Nasturtium officinale

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Brassicales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Brassicales

Familia: Brassicaceae
Subfamilia: Brassicoideae
Tribus: Cardamineae
Genus:
Species: N. africanum – N. floridanum – N. gambellii – N. microphyllum – N. officinale
Nothospecies: N. × sterile

Name

Nasturtium W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 4: 109 (1812), nom. et typ. cons.

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Cardaminum Moench, Methodus: 262 (1794), nom. rej.
    • Baeumerta G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb., Oekon. Fl. Wetterau 2: 419 (1800), nom. superfl.
    • Dictyosperma Regel, Izv. Imp. Obshch. Lyubit. Estestv. Moskovsk. Univ. 34(2): 5 (1882), nom. illeg. non H.Wendl. & Drude (1875)
    • Pirea T.Durand, Index Gen. Phan.: 494 (1888), nom. rej.
    • Coronopus Zinn
    • Cotyliscus Desv.
    • Discovium Raf.
    • Hymenophysa C.A. Mey.
    • Lepia Desv. (1815), not Hill (1759)
    • Monoploca Bunge
    • Nasturtiolum Medik.
    • Physolepidium Schrenk
    • Senebiera DC.
    • Stubendorffia Schren

Homonyms

  • Nasturtium Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr. (ed. 4) (1754).
  • Nasturtium Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 421 (1763).
  • Nasturtium Roth, Tent. Fl. Germ. 1: 281 (1788).

References

Primary references

  • Aiton, W.T. 1812. Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. 2nd Edn., Vol. IV. iii + 532 pp., Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London. BHL. Reference page. 

Additional references

  • Al-Shehbaz, I.A. & Price, R.A. 1998. Delimitation of the genus Nasturtium (Brassicaceae). Novon 8: 124–126.

Vernacular names

  • العربية: قرة
  • azərbaycanca: Acıqıjı
  • беларуская: Кустоўнік
  • čeština: potočnice
  • dansk: Brøndkarse
  • Deutsch: Brunnenkressen
  • suomi: Vesikrassit
  • Gaeilge: Gleorán
  • hornjoserbsce: Ropucha
  • հայերեն: Ջրկոտեմ
  • қазақша: Сарыбасша
  • lietuvių: Rėžiukas
  • Diné bizaad: Táłkááʼ dah yikał
  • polski: Rukiew
  • русский: Жеруха
  • slovenčina: potočnica
  • svenska: Källfränen
  • тоҷикӣ: Лодан
  • lea faka-Tonga: ʻAtono
  • 中文: 豆瓣菜屬
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