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Siliculae hardly or not laterally compressed; septum broadly elliptic (sometimes incomplete or absent) |
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(2) |
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Siliculae laterally ± flattened or compressed (rarely with inflated valves) septum narrowly elliptic (sometimes absent) |
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| 2 (1) |
Racemes condensed, ± umbellate in fruit; valves gibbous with double crest at the back |
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Dilophia |
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Racemes elongated in fruit; valves neither gibbous nor double crested at the back |
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| 3 (2) |
Siliculae 2-seeded |
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Winklera |
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Siliculae many seeded |
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Cochlearia |
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| 4 (1) |
Siliculae bilobed; valves of each lobe inflated, globose or subglobose (neither keeled nor winged) |
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(5) |
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Siliculae ± compressed (rarely sub-inflated); valves boat shaped, ± keeled (winged or not) |
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| 5 (4) |
Valves membranous, smooth |
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Didymophysa |
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Valves rigid, rugose, ± pitted |
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Coronopus |
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| 6 (4) |
Siliculae unilocular, indehiscent |
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(7) |
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Siliculae bilocular, dehiscent (very rarely indehiscent), or breaking into two 1-seeded halves (rarely unilocular in some species of Aethionema ) |
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| 7 (6) |
Valves not coarsely veined; stigma sessile |
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Isatis |
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Valves coarsely veined in the middle; style short but distinct |
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Sameraria |
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| 8 (6) |
Siliculae breaking into two 1-seeded halves, or indehiscent (sometimes sub-dehiscent) |
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(9) |
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Siliculae dehiscent, usually leaving the seeds free |
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| 9 (8) |
Siliculae indehiscent (rarely subdehiscent) |
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(10) |
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Siliculae breaking longitudinally into two 1-seeded
halves |
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| 10 (9) |
Siliculae many seeded |
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Hedinia |
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Siliculae 1 or 2 seeded |
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Cardaria |
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| 11 (9) |
Plants robust; siliculae winged; stamens many (more then 6 in our spp.) |
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Megacarpaea |
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Plants short; siliculae not winged; stamens 6 |
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Uranodactylus |
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| 12 (8) |
Siliculae not winged, usually many seeded (more than 10 seeded); seeds very small |
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(13) |
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Siliculae ± winged (wings inconspicuous in some species of Lepidium and Thlaspi), usually 2 seeded; seeds large |
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| 13 (12) |
Plants erect, hairy with branched hairs; siliculae somewhat triangular |
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Capsella |
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Plants generally procumbent, tender, glabrous; siliculae elliptic or obovate-elliptic |
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Hymenolobus |
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| 14 (12) |
Flowers irregular, with two petals slightly longer |
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Iberis |
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Flowers regular |
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| 15 (14) |
Siliculae slightly or obscurely winged towards the apex, small, ± rounded or ovate; style usually minute or almost absent |
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Lepidium |
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Siliculae usually distinctly winged (rarely wings almost supressed in some species of Thlaspi), usually
larger and longer than broad; style distinct |
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| 16 (15) |
Stamen filaments not appendaged; siliculae often elongated with entire margin or wings |
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Thlaspi |
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Filaments of the longer four stamens generally appendaged (not in our single species); siliculae ±
suborbicular with denticulate margin or wing (in our
species) |
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Aethionema |
