Taxon: Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl

• the 1 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• flixweed   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• herb-Sophia   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• tansy mustard   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• bo niang hao   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• sagesse des chirurgiens   (Source: IllF MEur ) – French
  
• Besenrauke   (Source: IllF MEur ) – German
  
• Sophienkraut   (Source: IllF MEur ) – German
  
• kujira-gusa   (Source: F Japan ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• jaessug   (Source: F Korea ) – Transcribed Korean
  

Economic importance:

• Food additives: flavoring   (fide Cornucopia)
  
• Human food: potential as oil/fat   (oil fide Chin J Oil Crop Sci 20:28-32. 1998)
  
• Human food: vegetable   (sprouted seeds & leaves fide Cornucopia)
  
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of rape   (based on one record of hybrids with Brassica napus obtained by protoplast fusion fide Warwick et al. 2009)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide F ChinaEng)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Weed CIBA)
  

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Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Algeria [n.]; Egypt [n.]; Morocco
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Afghanistan; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Eastern Siberia, Western Siberia
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
  Mongolia: Mongolia
  Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Far East
  China: China
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India - Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh; Nepal; Pakistan
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Finland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom - England [e.]
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czech Republic; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Slovakia; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sicily]; Macedonia; Montenegro; Romania; Serbia; Slovenia
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain

• AFRICA
  Southern Africa: South Africa - Eastern Cape, Gauteng, Northern Cape
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Arabian Peninsula: Kuwait
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu; Korea
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - New South Wales, South Australia
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Ireland; United Kingdom
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Canada
  Mexico
  United States
• PACIFIC
  North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Southern South America: Argentina; Chile

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Afghanistan

References:

• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
• CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Detling, L. 1939. A revision of the North American species of Descurainia. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 22:487–488.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants.
• Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Grubov, V. I. 2001. Key to the vascular plants of Mongolia.
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• Hegi, G. et al. Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa. ed. 1:1906-1931; ed. 2:1936-68; ed. 3:1966-
• Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
• Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan.
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• Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. [lists as D. sophia (L.) Schur].
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia.
• Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
• Luo, P. et al. 1998. Descurainia sophia, an oil-bearing plant species for special purposes. Chin. J. Oil Crop Sci. 20:28–32.
• Miller, A. G. & T. A. Cope. 1996–. Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra.
• Mouterde, P. 1966–. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
• Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. A California flora.
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
• Oh, S.-Y. & J.-H. Pak. 2001. Distribution maps of vascular plants in Korea.
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
• Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993–. Flora of India.
• Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri.
• Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' flora of Egypt, ed. 2.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition.
• Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i.
• Warwick, S. I. et al. 2009. PART III. Interspecific and intergeneric hybridization data. In: Warwick, S.I. et al., Guide to wild germplasm of Brassica and allied crops (Tribe Brassiceae, Brassicaceae), ed. 3 (on-line resource). 1–91.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
• Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina.

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Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Descurainia sophia.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Descurainia sophia.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Sisymbrium sophia L. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds or fruits: Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University

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