Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Infrakingdom Streptophyta > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Rosanae > Order Brassicales > Family Brassicaceae > Genus Cakile

Cakile maritima Scop.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cakile*	Mill.	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Bunias cakile*	L.	replaced synonym
*Cakile aegyptiaca*	Willd.	synonym
*Cakile aegyptica*	(L.) Pignatti	synonym
*Cakile edentula*	Jord.	synonym
*Cakile hispanica*	Jord.	synonym
*Cakile littoralis*	Jord.	synonym
*Cakile monosperma*	Lange	synonym

Children

Cakile maritima Scop. subsp. maritima
Cakile maritima subsp. baltica (Rouy & Foucaud) Hyl. ex P. W. Ball
Cakile maritima subsp. euxina (Pobed.) Nyár.
Cakile maritima subsp. integrifolia (Hornem.) Hyl. ex Greuter & Burdet
Cakile maritima subsp. islandica (Gand.) Elven

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: eruga de mar; raba de mar; rave de mar; ruca de mar sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Estonian: Liivmerisinep sources: Laasimer, L., Kuusk, V., Tabaka, L. & Lekavičius, A. (ed.) 1993: Flora of the Baltic countries. Flora Baltijskich Respublik 1. – Tartu: Estonian Academy of Sciences

Finnish: (euroopan)merisinappi sources: Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS

Galician: caquila; caquile; eiruga mariña sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Latvian: Jūrmalas šķēpene sources: Laasimer, L., Kuusk, V., Tabaka, L. & Lekavičius, A. (ed.) 1993: Flora of the Baltic countries. Flora Baltijskich Respublik 1. – Tartu: Estonian Academy of Sciences

Lithuanian: Pajūrinė stoklė sources: Laasimer, L., Kuusk, V., Tabaka, L. & Lekavičius, A. (ed.) 1993: Flora of the Baltic countries. Flora Baltijskich Respublik 1. – Tartu: Estonian Academy of Sciences

Majorcan: rave de mar sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Portuguese: eroca marinha; eruca marinha; eruca marítima; eruca-marinha; eruca-marítima; oruga marinha sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Russian: Морская горчица односемянная sources: Fedorov, A. A. 1979: Flora Partis europaeae URSS 4. – Leningrad

Spanish, Castillian: oruga de mar; oruga marina; oruga marítima; rabanillo marítimo; rábano marítimo; rejoncillos; roqueta marítima; ruca de mar; rucamar; ruqueta de mar; ruqueta marítima sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Swedish: marviol sources: Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS

Valencian: rave marí

Literature

original description	Scopoli, G. A. (1772). Flora Carniolica. Tome II - Editio Secunda.
basis of record	Provoost, S.; Bonte, D. (Ed.) (2004). Animated dunes: a view of biodiversity at the Flemish coast [Levende duinen: een overzicht van de biodiversiteit aan de Vlaamse kust]. Mededelingen van het Instituut voor Natuurbehoud, 22. Instituut voor Natuurbehoud: Brussel, Belgium. ISBN 90-403-0205-7. 416, ill., appendices pp.
nomenclatural reference	Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 2: 35. 1772

Genbank

Citation

Marhold, K. 2011+: Brassicaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. Cakile maritima Scop. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/dfb8ba1a-4b6a-464e-b37f-53b5cd3d530d

WoRMS (2025). Cakile maritima Scop. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=426075