Taxon: Brassica rapa L. subsp. campestris (L.) A. R. Clapham

• or B. rapa Spring Turnip Rape Group
• includes wild form of cultivated turnip, rape, or colza

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

AZ(as Brassica campestris)°, IL(as Brassica campestris)°, NE(as Brassica campestris)°.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

See other conspecific taxa:

• Brassica rapa (598 accessions)
• Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis (78 accessions)
• Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis var. parachinensis (5 accessions)
• Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis var. purpuraria (no accessions)
• Brassica rapa subsp. dichotoma (54 accessions)
• Brassica rapa subsp. narinosa (2 accessions)
• Brassica rapa subsp. nipposinica (4 accessions)
• Brassica rapa subsp. nipposinica var. perviridis (2 accessions)
• Brassica rapa subsp. oleifera (25 accessions)
• Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis (198 accessions)
• Brassica rapa subsp. rapa (36 accessions)
• Brassica rapa subsp. trilocularis (39 accessions)

Common names:

• annual turnip rape   (Source: Misc Publ USDA 643 [as B. campestris]) – English
  
• bird rape   (Source: Misc Publ USDA 643 [as B. campestris "annual turnip-rape"]) – English
  
• colza   (Source: Dict Rehm [as B. rapa subsp. oleifera]) – English
  
• field mustard   (Source: Cover Crop Database ) – English
  
• summer turnip rape   (Source: Pl Names ) – English
  
• turnip rape   (Source: F BritStace [as B. campestris]) – English
  
• wild turnip   (Source: F BritStace ) – English
  
• navette   (Source: Mansfeld [as B. rapa var. silvestris]) – French
  
• navette d'été   (Source: Mansfeld [as B. rapa var. silvestris f. praecox]) – French
  
• Rübsen   (Source: Mansfeld [as B. rapa var. silvestris]) – German
  
• Sommerrübsen   (Source: Mansfeld [as B. rapa var. silvestris f. praecox]) – German
  
• nabo-selvagem   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• nabo-silvestre   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• nabina   (Source: UPOV ) – Spanish
  
• nabo de verano   (Source: Misc Publ USDA 643 [as B. campestris "annual turnip-rape"]) – Spanish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Harmful organism host: crop diseases; crop pests   (fide WorldWeeds 123. 1997, as B. campestris)
  
• Environmental: soil improver   (fide Cover Crop Database, as B. campestris)
  
• Human food: oil/fat   (from seeds fide USDA Misc. Publ. 643:15. 1948)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Cooper & Johnson ed2, as B. campestris)
  
• Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide WorldWeeds 117. 1997, as B. campestris)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Brassica rapa subsp. campestris from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

Distributional range:

      Native:

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Libya; Morocco; Tunisia

      Naturalized:

• EUROPE
  Europe
• ALSO
  Asia [c.]

      Other:

• exact native range obscure

References:

• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist. (L Medit)
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. (Mansf Ency) [= B. rapa subsp. oleifera (DC.) Metzg.; cites basionym].
• Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2. (Mansfeld) [= B. rapa var. silvestris].
• Musil, A.F. 1948. Distinguishing species of Brassica by their seeds. Misc. Publ. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 643:1–35.
• Office of the Union. 2009. UPOV: International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. List of the taxa protected by the members of the Union. (UPOV)
• 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)
• Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles. (F BritStace)
• University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. UC SAREP on-line cover crop database. (Cover Crop Database) [lists as B. campestris].
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng) [= B. rapa var. oleifera DC.].

Synonyms:

• (≡) Brassica campestris L. (basionym)
  (previously associated with 48 accessions)
• (≡) Brassica campestris subsp. campestris
  
• (=) Brassica rapa subsp. silvestris (Lam.) Janch.
  (previously associated with 7 accessions)
• (=) Brassica rapa var. silvestris (Lam.) Briggs
  (previously associated with 5 accessions)

Check other databases for Brassica rapa L. subsp. campestris (L.) A. R. Clapham:

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

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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.

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Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
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