Cakile

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Orthokaryota
Cladus: Neokaryota
Cladus: Photokaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Regnum*: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Regnum*: Viridiplantae
Cladus: Streptophyta
Cladus: Phragmoplastophyta
Cladus: Embryophyta
Cladus: Polysporangiophyta
Divisio*: Tracheophyta
Cladus: Eutracheophyta
Cladus: Euphyllophytina
Cladus: Megaphylla
Cladus: Radiatopses
Cladus: Lignophyta
Cladus: Metalignophyta
Diviso*: Spermatophyta
Classis*: Angiospermae
Cladus: Mesangiospermae
Cladus: Eudicota
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Brassicales

Familia: Brassicaceae
Subfamilia: Brassicoideae
Tribus: Brassiceae
Genus: Cakile
Species: C. arabica – C. constricta – C. edentula – C. geniculata – C. lanceolata – C. maritima
Name

Cakile Mill. Gard. Dict. Abr. (ed. 4) vol. 1. (1754)

Type species: Cakile maritima Scop. Fl. Carniol. (ed. 2) 2: 35. (1772)

References

Miller, P. 1754. The Gardeners Dictionary: containing the methods of cultivating and improving all sorts of trees, plants, and flowers, for the kitchen, fruit, and pleasure gardens, as also those which are used in medicine : with directions for the culture of vineyards, and making of wine in England : in which likewise are included the practical parts of husbandry, corrected and enlarged. London fourth edition vol. 1. Page numbers not given.
Warwick, S.I., Francis, A. & Al-Shehbaz, I.A. 2006. Brassicaceae: species checklist and database on CD-Rom. Plant Systematics and Evolution 259(2–4): 249–258. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-006-0422-0 ResearchGate Reference page.

Links

Koch, M.A. et al. 2019. Cakile in BrassiBase Tools and biological resources to study characters and traits in the Brassicaceae. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 22.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Cakile. Published online. Accessed: May 22 2019. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cakile in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 22. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Cakile. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 May 2019.

Vernacular names
English: Searockets
suomi: Merisinapit

Cakile is a genus within the flowering plant family Brassicaceae. Species in this genus are commonly known as searockets, though this name on its own is applied particularly to whatever member of the species is native or most common in the region concerned, the European searocket Cakile maritima in Europe, and the American searocket C. edentula in North America. The genus is native to Europe, Asia and North America, but the European searocket has been introduced into North America and has spread widely on both east and west coasts; in many places it is replacing the native C. edentula, and is regarded as an undesirable invasive species.

Cakile species grow as annual plants with an erect or decumbent stem. The common species in Europe and North America grow close to the coast, often in dunes. Their leaves are fleshy. Flowers are typically pale mauve to white, with petals about 1 cm in length. Each fruit has two sections, one that remains attached to the adult, and the other which that falls off for dispersal by wind or water.[1]

They are rather similar to those of the wild radish (also in family Brassicaceae) which is found in the same regions, and careful attention to the leaves and stems is needed to tell the two plants apart.

As of January 2019, Kew's Plants of the World Online accepts seven species:[2]

Cakile arabica Velen.
Cakile arctica Pobed.
Cakile constricta Rodman
Cakile edentula (Bigelow) Hook.
Cakile geniculata (B.L.Rob.) Millsp.
Cakile lanceolata (Willd.) O.E.Schulz
Cakile maritima Scop.

References

Keddy, P.A. 1982. Population ecology on an environmental gradient: Cakile edentula on a sand dune. Oecologia 52: 348-355.

"Cakile Mill". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 8 January 2019.

Miller, Philip (1754). The Gardeners Dictionary. Vol. 1. John and James Rivington. pp. 241–242. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
Jepson manual treatment of the genus
USDA PLANTS database entry on Cakile