Eruca vesicaria

== Translingual == === Proper noun === Eruca vesicaria f A taxonomic species within the family Brassicaceae – produces leaves sold as arugula, native to the western Mediterranean. ==== Usage notes ==== Botanists differ as to whether E. vesicaria and E. sativa are distinct taxa and, if they are distinct, whether E. sativa should be treated as a subspecies of E. vesicaria, E. v. subsp. sativa. Thus any of these taxa may be used in reference to the plants and the products of the plants. ==== Hypernyms ==== (species): Brassicales - order; Brassicaceae - family; Brassiceae - tribe; Eruca - genus ==== Hyponyms ==== (species): Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa ==== Coordinate terms ==== (species): Eruca sativa === References === Eruca vesicaria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Eruca vesicaria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Eruca vesicaria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Eruca vesicaria at USDA Plants database Eruca vesicaria at Brassibase