Barbarea australis
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q4859439
Library of congress:
sh2004001391
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Potts, W.C. Barbarea australis recovery plan, 2000:p. 3 (Barbarea australis, commonly known as Native Wintercress, is an endangered Tasmanian endemic)
- HortiPlex plant database, via WWW, Aug. 24, 2004(Barbarea australis, common name: southern winter cress, genus: Barbarea; family: Cruciferae)
- Plants for a future, via WWW, Aug. 24, 2004(Barbarea australis, family: Cruciferae)
- 1997 IUCN red list of threatened plants, via WWW, Aug. 24, 2004(Barbarea australis; world status: endangered)
- Lazarus, E. Threatened flora of Tasmania, 2003, via WWW, Aug. 27, 2004(Native wintercress, Barbarea australis)
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Wikipedia description:
Barbarea australis, commonly known as native wintercress or riverbed wintercress, is a morphologically and ecologically typical Barbarea species with an unusual distribution: it is an endemic and threatened species from Tasmania. The leaves have a large end-lobe and only few side lobes, much like the leaf-shape of Barbarea stricta and Barbarea orthoceras. With regard to defence chemicals (glucosinolates), it is similar to other members of the genus.
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