Cakile arctica

Cakile arctica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Cakile
Species:	C. arctica
Binomial name
	Cakile arctica; Pobed.
Synonyms
	Cakile edentula f. islandica (Gand.) O.E.Schulz; Cakile edentula subsp. islandica (Gand.) Á.Löve & D.Löve; Cakile edentula var. islandica (Gand.) Á.Löve; Cakile lanceolata f. pygmaea O.E.Schulz; Cakile lapponica Pobed.; Cakile maritima f. islandica Gand.; Cakile maritima subsp. islandica (Gand.) Elven;

Cakile arctica, commonly known as sea rocket and Fjörukál, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, native to the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway (where it is extinct in Svalbard), and North European Russia (as defined in the WGSRPD).^[2] It is an annual species,^[3] i.e. it germinates, grows, flowers, produces seeds, and dies within one year. Cakile arctica is a pioneer species in primary succession: it was the first vascular plant to colonise Surtsey,^[4] a volcanic island 32 km (20 mi) south of Iceland that was formed by eruptions between 1963 and 1967,^[5] where it was first observed growing in 1965.^[4] Although it was the first vascular plant to grow on Surtsey, as of 1987 it had not established itself on the island.^[3]

References

^ WFO (2021): Cakile arctica Pobed.. Published on the Internet; http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000578669. Accessed on: 31 Dec 2021
^ POWO (2021): Cakile arctica Pobed.. Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:279785-1. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b Sturla Fridriksson (1987) Plant Colonization of A Volcanic Island, Surtsey, Iceland, Arctic and Alpine Research, 19:4, 425–431.
^ ^a ^b Davy, A. J.; Scott, R.; Cordazzo, C. V. (2006). "Biological flora of the British Isles: Cakile maritima Scop". Journal of Ecology. 94 (3): 695–711. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2745.2006.01131.x. ISSN 1365-2745. S2CID 83896894.
^ "Surtsey". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. UNESCO. Archived from the original on 2008-07-18. Retrieved 2021-12-31.