Taxon: Brassica nigra (L.) W. D. J. Koch

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(a "Brassica niger")°, CO°, IA°, IL°, MA°, MI*°, NE°, PA°, SD°, WA(only in rapeseed)°.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• black mustard   (Source: World Econ Pl )
  
• brauner Senf   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• hei jie   (Source: F ChinaEng )
  
• mostarda-preta   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• mostaza negra   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• moutarde noire   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• schwarzer Senf   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Food additives: flavoring   (spice fide Food Feed Crops US)
  
• Environmental: soil improver   (fide Cover Crop Database)
  
• Medicines: folklore; source of allyl isothiocyanate   (fide Import Medicinal Pl; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Kingsbury; Cooper & Johnson ed2)
  
• Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide Weed CIBA)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Brassica nigra from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

Native:

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Egypt; Libya; Morocco; Tunisia
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Eritrea; Ethiopia
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Afghanistan; Cyprus; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan
  China: China - Gansu, Jiangsu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Xizang
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India [n.]; Nepal; Pakistan
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Ireland; Norway [s.]; Sweden [s.]; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czech Republic; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Slovakia; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part [s.]; Ukraine
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Macedonia; Montenegro; Romania; Serbia; Slovenia
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain

Other:

• widely naturalized

References:

• CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) (Weed CIBA)
• Castroviejo, S. et al., eds. 1989–. Flora iberica: plantas vasculares de la Peninsula Iberica e Islas Baleares. (F Iberica)
• Cufodontis, G. 1953–1972. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta. (F EthiopCuf)
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk)
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. (Glea Cron)
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 2000. International code of botanical nomenclature (Saint Louis Code). (ICBN St Louis) Art. 23.5, Ex. 5.
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. (L Nepal)
• 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):464.
• Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. 1931–1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc. (L Maroc)
• Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972–. Atlas florae europaeae. (Atlas Eur)
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Malezasdemexico. Malezas de México - on-line resource. (Malezas Mex)
• 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)
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Meikle, R. D. 1977–1985. Flora of Cyprus. (F Cyprus)
• Mouterde, P. 1966–. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. (F Liban)
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Pottier-Alapetite, G. 1979–1981. Flore de la Tunisie: Angiospermes-Dicotyledones. (F Tunis)
• Prakash, S. & K. Hinata. 1980. Taxonomy, cytogenetics and origin of crop brassicas, a review. Opera Bot. 55:7.
• Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962–1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. (F Alger)
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
• Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act. (State Noxweed Seed)
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
• University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. UC SAREP online cover crop database. (Cover Crop Database)
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng)
• Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina. (F Palest)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Brassica nigra.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Brassica nigra. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (=) Brassica nigra var. abyssinica A. Braun
  
• Brassica sinapoides Rothm.
  
• (≡) Sinapis nigra L. (basionym)
  

Check other databases for Brassica nigra (L.) W. D. J. Koch:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• 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.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

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

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• 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.

Jump to Brassica Genome Gateway
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Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?7666 (22 November 2009)

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