Cakile Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 4. 1754.

Tribe: Brassiceae DC.

Note. – A genus of seven species six of which are native to the coasts of the Mediterranean sea, N Atlantic of Europe and North America, Caribbean Islands, and Gulf of Mexico. Two species are naturalized in the coasts of other continents. One species, C. arabica Vel., is an inland desert species in Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia (RODMAN, 1974).