{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{automatic taxobox | image = Kleine zandkool R0013711.JPG | image_caption = ''Diplotaxis muralis'' | taxon = Diplotaxis (plant) | authority = DC. | synonyms = ''Pendulina'' {{small|Willk.}} | synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Diplotaxis'' DC. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:12525-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=26 September 2025}}</ref> }} [[File:Grote zandkool 23-08-2005 12.54.30.JPG|thumb|upright|Foliage of ''Diplotaxis tenuifolia'']]
'''''Diplotaxis''''' ('''wall-rocket''') is a genus of 39 species of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae (Cruciferae), native to Europe, the Mediterranean region, Macaronesia, Western Asia, the Himalayas, and northeastern tropical Africa;<ref name = powo/> the species diversity is highest in the Iberian Peninsula, North Africa and the Cape Verde archipelago.<ref name="Pignone">{{cite book |author1=Domenico Pignone|author2= Juan B. Martínez-Laborde |title= Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources |year=2011 |chapter=Diplotaxis |pages=137–147 |doi=10.1007/978-3-642-14871-2_7 |editor=Chittaranjan Kole |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-642-14871-2}}</ref> They are annual or perennial plants, either herbaceous or sub-shrubby with a woody base. The flowers are yellow in most species, but are white in ''Diplotaxis erucoides'' and violet in ''Diplotaxis acris''.<ref name="Pignone"/> Some species, such as ''Diplotaxis tenuifolia'' and ''Diplotaxis muralis'', have been historically used as leaf vegetables, are similar to ''Eruca sativa'' in their peppery flavour, and are used interchangeably with it.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Grillo|first1=Oscar|last2=Draper|first2=David|last3=Venora|first3=Gianfranco|last4=Bautista Martinez-Laborde|first4=Juan|title=Seed image analysis and taxonomy of Diplotaxis DC.(Brassicaceae, Brassiceae)|journal=Systematics and Biodiversity|date=2012|volume=10|issue=1|pages=57–70|url=https://www.academia.edu/24232078|access-date=14 October 2016|doi=10.1080/14772000.2012.658881|s2cid=86153208}}</ref>
==Species== 39 species are accepted.<ref name = powo/> {{div col|colwidth=24em}} *''Diplotaxis acris'' <small>(Forssk.) Boiss.</small> *''Diplotaxis antoniensis'' <small>Rustan</small> *''Diplotaxis assurgens'' <small>(Delile) Thell.</small> *''Diplotaxis australis'' {{small|Mart.-Laborde}} *''Diplotaxis berthautii'' <small>Braun-Blanq. & Maire</small> *''Diplotaxis brachycarpa'' <small>Godron</small> *''Diplotaxis brevisiliqua'' <small>(Coss.) Mart.-Laborde</small> *''Diplotaxis brochmannii'' {{small|(Rustan) Rivas Mart., Lousã, J.C.Costa & Maria C.Duarte}} *''Diplotaxis catholica'' <small>(L.) DC.</small> *''Diplotaxis cossoniana'' {{small|(Reut. ex Boiss.) O.E.Schulz}} *''Diplotaxis cretacea'' <small>Kolov</small> *''Diplotaxis cyrenaica'' {{small|(E.A.Durand & Barratte) Maire & Weiller}} *''Diplotaxis duveyrieriana'' {{small|Coss.}} *''Diplotaxis erucoides'' <small>(L.) DC.</small> – white wall-rocket *''Diplotaxis glauca'' <small>(J.A.Schmidt) O.E.Schulz</small> *''Diplotaxis gorgadensis'' <small>Rustan</small> *''Diplotaxis gracilis'' <small>(Webb) O.E.Schulz</small> *''Diplotaxis griffithii'' <small>(Hook.f. & Thomson) Boiss.</small> *''Diplotaxis harra'' <small>(Forssk.) Boiss.</small> *''Diplotaxis hirta'' <small>(A.Chev.) Rustan & L.Borgen</small> *''Diplotaxis ibicensis'' <small>(Pau) Gómez-Campo</small> *''Diplotaxis ilorcitana'' <small>(Sennen) Aedo, Mart.-Laborde & Muñoz Garm.</small> *''Diplotaxis kohlaanensis'' <small>A. G. Miller & J. Nyberg</small> *''Diplotaxis muralis'' <small>(L.) DC.</small> – annual wall-rocket *''Diplotaxis nepalensis'' <small>Hara</small> *''Diplotaxis ollivieri'' <small>Maire</small> *''Diplotaxis pitardiana'' <small>Maire</small> *''Diplotaxis saharensis'' {{small|(Coss.) Mart.-Laborde}} *''Diplotaxis × schweinfurthii'' {{small|O.E.Schulz}} *''Diplotaxis siettiana'' <small>Maire</small> *''Diplotaxis siifolia'' <small>Kunze</small> *''Diplotaxis simplex'' <small>(Viv.) Spreng.</small> *''Diplotaxis sundingii'' <small>Rustan</small> *''Diplotaxis tenuifolia'' <small>(L.) DC.</small> – perennial wall-rocket *''Diplotaxis tenuisiliqua'' <small>Delile</small> *''Diplotaxis varia'' <small>Rustan</small> *''Diplotaxis villosa'' <small>Boulos & Jallad</small> *''Diplotaxis viminea'' <small>(L.) DC.</small> *''Diplotaxis virgata'' <small>(Cav.) DC.</small> *''Diplotaxis vogelii'' <small>(Webb) Cout.</small> *''Diplotaxis × wirtgenii'' {{small|Rouy & Foucaud}} {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Diplotaxis (plant) Category:Brassicaceae genera Category:Taxa described in 1821 Category:Taxa named by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle
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