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Moricandia arvensis

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Moricandia arvensis, the purple mistress, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae.[2] It has a broadly western Mediterranean distribution, from the Canary Islands to northern Africa including Mauritania and Chad, the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and as far as Greece, and has been introduced to France, Corsica, and Sardinia.[1] It has an intermediate C3C4 carbon fixation system,[3] known as C2 photosynthesis.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Moricandia arvensis (L.) DC". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  2. ^ GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. "Moricandia arvensis (L.) DC". gbif.org. GBIF Secretariat. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  3. ^ Holaday, A.Scott; Shieh, Yuh-Jang; Lee, Kit W.; Chollet, Raymond (1981). "Anatomical, ultrastructural and enzymic studies of leaves of Moricandia arvensis, a C3-C4 intermediate species". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 637 (2): 334–341. doi:10.1016/0005-2728(81)90172-9.
  4. ^ Adwy, W; Laxa, M; Peterhansel, C (December 2015). "A simple mechanism for the establishment of C₂-specific gene expression in Brassicaceae". The Plant Journal. 84 (6): 1231–8. doi:10.1111/tpj.13084. PMID 26603271.
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Moricandia arvensis: Brief Summary

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Moricandia arvensis, the purple mistress, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It has a broadly western Mediterranean distribution, from the Canary Islands to northern Africa including Mauritania and Chad, the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and as far as Greece, and has been introduced to France, Corsica, and Sardinia. It has an intermediate C3C4 carbon fixation system, known as C2 photosynthesis.

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