Cakile

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Cakile - small genus of succulent annual herbs found on sandy shores of North America and Europe

genus Cakile

dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs

Brassicaceae, Cruciferae, family Brassicaceae, family Cruciferae, mustard family - a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives

Cakile maritima, sea-rocket - salt-tolerant seashore annual grown for its fragrant rose or violet flowers and fleshy grey-green foliage

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Salinity effects on germination, growth, and seed production of the halophyte Cakile maritima.

Physiological response of marandu grass seeds exposed to NPK fertilizer/Resposta fisiologica de sementes de capim marandu expostas ao fertilizante NPK

The succulence of a coastal halophyte such as Cakile edentula (Bigel.) Hook, is somewhat more pronounced.

Living Cells in Wood 3. Overview; Functional Anatomy of the Parenchyma Network

Early effects of salt stress on the physiological and oxidative status of Cakile maritima (halophyte) and Arabidopsis thaliana (glycophyte).Physiol.Plant., 142: 128-143.

Differential antioxidant isozyme response from desiccation induced oxidative stress of the forked fern (dicranopteris linearis)

Salt tolerance of the annual halophyte Cakile maritima as affected by the provenance and the developmental stage.

Selection, Characterizations and Somatic Embryogenesis of Malaysian Salt-tolerant Rice (Oryza sativa cv. MR219) through Callogenesis

This includes the Honckenya peploides (L.) Ehrh., Cakile baltica Jord.

VEGETATION IMPACT ON THE DUNE STABILITY AND FORMATION ON THE LITHUANIAN COAST OF THE BALTIC SEA

Apocynaceae 0.05 Bromus inermis Poaceae 0.005 Cakile endentula Brassicaceae 0.005 Calamovilfa longifolia Poaceae 0.35 Campanula rotundifolia Campanulaceae 0.02 Centaurea maculosa Asteraceae 0.02 Cirsium pitcheri Asteraceae 0.05 Elymus canadensis Poaceae 0.005 Equisetum hyemak Equisetaceae 0.01 Euphorbia corollata Euphorbiaceae 0.07 Juniperus horizontalis Cupressaceae 0.10 Liatris sp.

Patterns of trophic-level diversity associated with herbaceous dune vegetation across a primary successional gradient

* Beach mustard, cakile arctica, is native to the Brassicaceae family, and found between dunes along the shore.

There is a there there: James Syhabout Commis, Oakland, CA

Invasive European Beach Grass, and native plants such as Searocket (Cakile maritima), Sand Verbena (Ambronia umbellata), and Dune Grass (Leymus mollis) dominate dune vegetation.

Experimental evidence that scare tactics and effigies reduce corvid occurrence

Salinity effects on germination growth and seed production of the halophyte Cakile maritime.

PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTIVE MECHANISMS OF LEYMUS CHINENSIS DURING GERMINATION AND EARLY SEEDLING STAGES UNDER SALINE AND ALKALINE CONDITIONS

Vegetation in coastal dunes is composed mainly by gramineous and herbaceous species, being the most commum Blutaparon portulacoides, Cakile maritima and Panicum racemosum in frontal dunes and Panicum racemosum, Andropogon arenarius, Hydrocotyle bonariensis, Senecio crassiflorus, Asclepias mellodora, Androtrichum trigynum, Spartina ciliata in intermediate dunes (CORDAZZO; SEELIGER, 1995; SEELIGER, 1998a).

Medium and large sized mammal assemblages in coastal dunes and adjacent marshes in southern Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil/Assembleias de mamiferos de medio e grande porte em dunas costeiras e brejos adjacentes na regiao Sul do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

The vegetation observed in this zone was exclusively represented by scattered stands of Cakile maritima and Salsola kali.

Flora y vegetacion de los ecosistemas costeros de Sterea Ellas y del este de la Grecia continental

(2006) Leaf H - ATPase activity and photosynthetic capacity of Cakile maritima under increasing salinity.