Taxon: Brassica napus L. var. napus

See other conspecific taxa:

• Brassica napus (573 accessions)
• Brassica napus var. napobrassica (29 accessions)
• Brassica napus var. pabularia (no accessions)

Common names:

• annual rape   (Source: Federal Seed Act ) – English
  
• Argentine canola   (Source: Genome 44:738. 2001) – English
  
• canola   (Source: McFerson, p.c.) – English
  
• colza   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  
• oilseed rape   (Source: CRC MedHerbs ed2 ) – English
  
• rape   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• summer rape   (Source: Misc Publ USDA 643 [as B. napus var. annua]) – English
  
• Swede rape   (Source: Misc Publ USDA 643 [as B. napus var. biennis]) – English
  
• winter rape   (Source: Misc Publ USDA 643 [as B. napus var. biennis]) – English
  
• ou zhou you cai   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• colza d'hiver   (Source: Misc Publ USDA 643 [as B. napus var. biennis]) – French
  
• colza de printemps   (Source: Misc Publ USDA 643 [as B. napus var. annua]) – French
  
• navette   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• Sommerraps   (Source: Misc Publ USDA 643 [as B. napus var. annua]) – German
  
• Winterraps   (Source: Misc Publ USDA 643 [as B. napus var. biennis]) – German
  
• ravizzone   (Source: F Ital ) – Italian
  
• nabina   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• nabo   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Human food: oil/fat   (fide Hortus 3)
  
• Animal food: forage   (for livestock & bird seed fide Hortus 3)
  
• Fuels: potential as petroleum substitute/alcohol   (fide web document)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (to livestock fide Kingsbury; Cooper & Johnson ed2; Everist)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Brassica napus var. napus from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View phytochemical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• only cultivated

References:

• Genome 44:738.
• Federal Seed Act and Regulations, Agricultural and Vegetable Kind Lists, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch. (Federal Seed Act)
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
• Hegi, G. et al. 1986. Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa. ed. 1:1906-1931; ed. 2:1936-68; ed. 3:1966- (IllF MEur) 4(1):462.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2. (Mansfeld)
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
• McFerson, J. 1994. pers. comm. [re. common names].
• Musil, A.F. 1948. Distinguishing species of Brassica by their seeds. Misc. Publ. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 643:1–35.
• Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia. (F Ital)
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng)

Synonyms:

• (=) Brassica campestris f. annua Schübl. & G. Martens
  
• (=) Brassica campestris f. biennis Schübl. & G. Martens
  
• (≡) Brassica campestris subsp. napus (L.) Hook. f. & T. Anderson
  
• (=) Brassica napus f. annua (Schübl. & G. Martens) Thell.
  
• (=) Brassica napus var. annua W. D. J. Koch
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Brassica napus f. biennis (Schübl. & G. Martens) Thell.
  
• (=) Brassica napus var. biennis (Schübl. & G. Martens) Rchb.
  
• (=) Brassica napus subsp. oleifera (Delile) Sinskaya
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Brassica napus var. oleifera Delile
  (previously associated with 22 accessions)

Check other databases for Brassica napus L. var. napus:

• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Seeds or fruits: Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University

More:

• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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