Diplotaxis gracilis

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|status = EN

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Catarino, S. |author2=Duarte, M.C. |author3=Romeiras, M.M. |date=2017 |title=Diplotaxis gracilis |volume=2017 |page=e.T107424923A107468137 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T107424923A107468137.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

|genus = Diplotaxis (plant)

|species = gracilis

|authority = (Webb) O.E.Schulz, 1916

|synonyms = *Sinapidendron gracile Webb, 1822

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Diplotaxis gracilis is a species of wall rockets that belong to the family Brassicaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde and is listed as endangered by the IUCN. The plant was named by Otto Eugen Schulz in 1916. The local name of the plant is mostarda-brabo (wild mustard).

Distribution and ecology

Diplotaxis gracilis is found only in the island of São Nicolau, between 600 and 1,200 meters elevation. It occurs on steep slopes in the Monte Gordo Natural Park.[http://hdl.handle.net/10961/1854 Plano de Gestão – Parque Natural Monte Gordo – S. Nicolau], p. 39-40

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