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Crambe
''Crambe'' is a genus of annual and perennial flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to a variety of habitats in Europe, Turkey, southwest and central Asia and eastern Africa. They carry dense racemes of tiny white or yellow flowers on (mostly leafless) stems above the basal leaves. ''Crambe hispanica'' subsp. ''abyssinica'', formerly known as ''Crambe abyssinica'', is grown for the oil from the seeds that has characteristics similar to whale oil. The word "crambe" derives, via the Latin ''crambe'', from the Greek ''κράμβη'', a kind of cabbage. ''Crambe'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of the weevil ''Lixus canescens'' (Coleoptera) ''Skuhrovec, J. & Volovnik, S.'' (2015) Biology and morphology of immature stages of ''Lixus canescens'' (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Lixinae). Zootaxa, 4033(3): 350-362. and some Lepidoptera species including the lime-speck pug. Species Currently accepted species include: *''Crambe alutacea'' Hand.-Mazz. *''Crambe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crambe Arborea
''Crambe'' is a genus of annual and perennial flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to a variety of habitats in Europe, Turkey, southwest and central Asia and eastern Africa. They carry dense racemes of tiny white or yellow flowers on (mostly leafless) stems above the basal leaves. ''Crambe hispanica'' subsp. ''abyssinica'', formerly known as ''Crambe abyssinica'', is grown for the oil from the seeds that has characteristics similar to whale oil. The word "crambe" derives, via the Latin ''crambe'', from the Greek ''κράμβη'', a kind of cabbage. ''Crambe'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of the weevil ''Lixus canescens'' (Coleoptera) ''Skuhrovec, J. & Volovnik, S.'' (2015) Biology and morphology of immature stages of ''Lixus canescens'' (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Lixinae). Zootaxa, 4033(3): 350-362. and some Lepidoptera species including the lime-speck pug. Species Currently accepted species include: *''Crambe alutacea'' Hand.-Mazz. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |