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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Barbarea''
| image = Illustration Barbaraea vulgaris0.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Barbarea vulgaris''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Capparales]]
| familia = [[Brassicaceae]]
| genus = '''''Barbarea'''''
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}
'''''Barbarea''''' (''[[Syllable stress of Botanical Latin|Bar-ba-ré-a]]'', '''Winter cress''' or '''Yellow rocket''') is a genus of about 22 species of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Brassicaceae]], native to temperate regions of the [[Northern Hemisphere]], with the highest species diversity in southern [[Europe]] and southwest [[Asia]].
They are small herbaceous [[biennial plant|biennial]] or [[perennial plant]]s with dark green, deeply lobed [[leaf|leaves]] and yellow [[flower]]s with four petals.
;Selected species
*''[[Barbarea balcana]]''
*''[[Barbarea bosniaca]]''
*''[[Barbarea bracteosa]]''
*''[[Barbarea conferta]]''
*''[[Barbarea hongii]]''
*''[[Barbarea intermedia]]''
*''[[Barbarea lepuznica]]''
*''[[Barbarea longirostris]]''
*''[[Barbarea orthoceras]]''
*''[[Barbarea rupicola]]''
*''[[Barbarea sicula]]''
*''[[Barbarea stricta]]''
*''[[Barbarea taiwaniana]]''
*''[[Barbarea verna]]''
*''[[Barbarea vulgaris]]''
===Uses===
They grow quickly into dandelion-like rosettes of edible, [[cress]]-like foliage. ''B. verna'', also known as Upland Cress, Early Winter Cress, American Cress, Belle Isle Cress and Scurvy Grass, is used in salads or to add a nippy taste to mixed greens for cooking.
== External links ==
*[http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Barbarea&SPECIES_XREF=&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= Flora Europaea: ''Barbarea'']
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=103484 Flora of China: ''Barbarea'']
[[Category:Brassicaceae]]
[[Category:Leaf vegetables]]
{
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Barbarea''
| image = Illustration Barbaraea vulgaris0.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Barbarea vulgaris''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Capparales]]
| familia = [[Brassicaceae]]
| genus = '''''Barbarea'''''
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}
'''''Barbarea''''' (''[[Syllable stress of Botanical Latin|Bar-ba-ré-a]]'', '''Winter cress''' or '''Yellow rocket''') is a genus of about 22 species of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Brassicaceae]], native to temperate regions of the [[Northern Hemisphere]], with the highest species diversity in southern [[Europe]] and southwest [[Asia]].
They are small herbaceous [[biennial plant|biennial]] or [[perennial plant]]s with dark green, deeply lobed [[leaf|leaves]] and yellow [[flower]]s with four petals.
;Selected species
*''[[Barbarea balcana]]''
*''[[Barbarea bosniaca]]''
*''[[Barbarea bracteosa]]''
*''[[Barbarea conferta]]''
*''[[Barbarea hongii]]''
*''[[Barbarea intermedia]]''
*''[[Barbarea lepuznica]]''
*''[[Barbarea longirostris]]''
*''[[Barbarea orthoceras]]''
*''[[Barbarea rupicola]]''
*''[[Barbarea sicula]]''
*''[[Barbarea stricta]]''
*''[[Barbarea taiwaniana]]''
*''[[Barbarea verna]]''
*''[[Barbarea vulgaris]]''
===Uses===
They grow quickly into dandelion-like rosettes of edible, [[cress]]-like foliage. ''B. verna'', also known as Upland Cress, Early Winter Cress, American Cress, Belle Isle Cress and Scurvy Grass, is used in salads or to add a nippy taste to mixed greens for cooking.
== External links ==
*[http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Barbarea&SPECIES_XREF=&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= Flora Europaea: ''Barbarea'']
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=103484 Flora of China: ''Barbarea'']
[[Category:Brassicaceae]]
[[Category:Leaf vegetables]]
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