Taxon: Brassica rapa L.
Genus: Brassica
Family: Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae).
Nomen number: 7685
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 2:666. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project
of the Natural History Museum of London.
Comment: includes miscellaneous groups not included elsewhere (in subspecies) Name verified on: 20-May-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 03-Oct-1997
Species priority site is: North Central Regional PI Station (NC7). Accessions:
598 in National Plant Germplasm System.
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See also subordinate taxa:
- annual turnip rape (Source: Misc Publ USDA
643 [as B. campestris]) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. campestris]
- biennial turnip rape (Source: Misc Publ USDA
643 [as B. campestris var. autunmalis]) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. oleifera]
- bird rape (Source: Misc Publ USDA
643 [as B. campestris "annual turnip-rape"]) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. campestris]
- bok-choy (Source: McFerson, p.c.) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis]
- broad-beak mustard (Source: Dict Rehm
[as B. narinosa]) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. narinosa]
- brown sarson (Source: Dict Rehm
) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. dichotoma]
- caisin (Source: Pl Res SEAs
8:123.) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis var. parachinensis]
- canola (Source: R.Young, p.c.) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. oleifera]
- celery cabbage (Source: Pl Res SEAs
) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis]
- celery cabbage (Source: Pl Res SEAs
) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis]
- celery mustard (Source: Hortus 3
) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis]
- Chinese cabbage (Source: Dict Rehm
) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis]
- Chinese cabbage (Source: World Econ Pl
) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis]
- Chinese flat cabbage (Source: Pl Names
) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. narinosa]
- Chinese mustard (Source: Hortus 3
) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis]
- Chinese savoy (Source: Dict Rehm
[as B. narinosa]) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. narinosa]
- Chinese white cabbage (Source: Herklots 1972) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis]
- colbaga (Source: Food Feed Crops US
) – English
- colza (Source: Dict Rehm
[as B. rapa subsp. oleifera]) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. campestris]
- false pak-choi (Source: AH 505
) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis var. parachinensis]
- field mustard (Source: Cover Crop Database
) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. campestris]
- flowering white cabbage (Source: Herklots 1972) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis var. parachinensis]
- Indian colza (Source: Wealth of India [as B. campestris var. sarson]) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. trilocularis]
- Indian rape (Source: Wealth of India [as B. rapa var. toria]) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. dichotoma]
- Italian kale (Source: Mansf Ency
[mentions under the synonym B. seticeps]) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. rapa]
- kabuna (Source: McFerson, p.c.) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. nipposinica var. perviridis]
- mock pak-choi (Source: Gent Herb 2:255.1930) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis var. parachinensis]
- mustard cabbage (Source: Food Feed Crops US
) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis]
- napa cabbage (Source: Food Feed Crops US
) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis]
- nappa (Source: web document) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis]
- nappa cabbage (Source: Food Feed Crops US
) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis]
- Peking cabbage (Source: Pl Res SEAs
) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis]
- Polish canola (Source: Genome
44:738. 2001) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. oleifera]
- purple-stem mustard (Source: Pl Names
) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis var. purpuraria]
- rapini (Source: Hortus 3
) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. rapa]
- seven-top turnip (Source: Hortus 3
) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. rapa]
- Shantung cabbage (Source: Herklots 1972) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis]
- spinach mustard (Source: Dict Rehm
) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. nipposinica var. perviridis]
- spring turnip rape (Source: McFerson, p.c.) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. dichotoma]
- summer turnip rape (Source: Pl Names
) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. campestris]
- tendergreen (Source: Dict Rehm
) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. nipposinica var. perviridis]
- toria (Source: World Econ Pl
) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. dichotoma]
- turnip (Source: BSBI
) – English
- turnip (Source: World Econ Pl
) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. rapa]
- turnip greens (Source: Pl Res SEAs
8:121.) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. nipposinica var. perviridis]
- turnip rape (Source: F BritStace
[as B. campestris]) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. campestris]
- turnip-rape (Source: BSBI
) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. oleifera]
- tyfon (Source: Food Feed Crops US
) – English
- white celery mustard (Source: Misc Publ USDA
643 [as B. chinensis]) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis]
- wild turnip (Source: F BritStace
) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. campestris]
- winter turnip rape (Source: McFerson, p.c.) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. oleifera]
- yellow sarson (Source: World Econ Pl
) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. trilocularis]
- zairainatane (Source: Pl Res SEAs
8:121.) – English [Brassica rapa subsp. nipposinica var. perviridis]
- bai cai (Source: F ChinaEng
[as B. rapa var. glabra]) – Transcribed Chinese [Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis]
- cai xin (Source: Pl Names
) – Transcribed Chinese [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis var. parachinensis]
- da bai cai (Source: Mansf Ency
) – Transcribed Chinese [Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis]
- man jing (Source: F ChinaEng
) – Transcribed Chinese
- man jing (Source: F ChinaEng
) – Transcribed Chinese [Brassica rapa subsp. rapa]
- pak-choi (Source: World Econ Pl
) – Transcribed Chinese [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis]
- pe-tsai (Source: World Econ Pl
) – Transcribed Chinese [Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis]
- qing cai (Source: Mansf Ency
) – Transcribed Chinese [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis]
- ta ke cai (Source: Pl Names
) – Transcribed Chinese [Brassica rapa subsp. narinosa]
- wang sheng cai (Source: Mansf Ency
) – Transcribed Chinese [Brassica rapa subsp. nipposinica]
- wu jing (Source: Mansf Ency
) – Transcribed Chinese [Brassica rapa subsp. rapa]
- yun tai (Source: F ChinaEng
) – Transcribed Chinese [Brassica rapa subsp. oleifera]
- ze cai hua (Source: Mansf Ency
) – Transcribed Chinese [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis var. purpuraria]
- ze tai cai (Source: Mansf Ency
) – Transcribed Chinese [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis var. purpuraria]
- zi cai tai (Source: Pl Names
) – Transcribed Chinese [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis var. purpuraria]
- höstoe (Source: Mansf Ency
) – Danish [Brassica rapa subsp. rapa]
- kinakaal (Source: Mansf Ency
) – Danish [Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis]
- majroe (Source: Mansf Ency
) – Danish [Brassica rapa subsp. rapa]
- Chinesekool (Source: Mansf Ency
) – Dutch [Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis]
- meiraap (Source: Mansf Ency
) – Dutch [Brassica rapa subsp. rapa]
- raapsteeltjes (Source: McFerson, p.c.) – Dutch [Brassica rapa subsp. nipposinica var. perviridis]
- stopelknol (Source: Mansf Ency
) – Dutch [Brassica rapa subsp. rapa]
- chou de Chine (Source: Dict Rehm
) – French [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis]
- chou de Chine (Source: Mansf Ency
) – French [Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis]
- chou de Shanton (Source: Dict Rehm
) – French [Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis]
- moutarde épinard (Source: Dict Rehm
) – French [Brassica rapa subsp. nipposinica var. perviridis]
- navet (Source: L Noms French ed7
) – French [Brassica rapa subsp. rapa]
- navette (Source: Mansfeld
[as B. rapa var. silvestris]) – French [Brassica rapa subsp. campestris]
- navette d'été (Source: Mansfeld
[as B. rapa var. silvestris f. praecox]) – French [Brassica rapa subsp. campestris]
- navette d'hiver (Source: Mansfeld
) – French [Brassica rapa subsp. oleifera]
- Chinakohl (Source: Dict Rehm
) – German [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis]
- Chinakohl (Source: Zander ed14
) – German [Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis]
- Herbstrübe (Source: Zander ed14
) – German [Brassica rapa subsp. rapa]
- Mairübe (Source: Mansf Ency
) – German [Brassica rapa subsp. rapa]
- Mosterdspinat (Source: Dict Rehm
) – German [Brassica rapa subsp. nipposinica var. perviridis]
- Pakchoi (Source: Mansf Ency
) – German [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis]
- Pekingkohl (Source: Zander ed14
) – German [Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis]
- Rübsen (Source: Mansfeld
[as B. rapa var. silvestris]) – German [Brassica rapa subsp. campestris]
- Schantungkohl (Source: Dict Rehm
) – German [Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis]
- Senfspinat (Source: Dict Rehm
) – German [Brassica rapa subsp. nipposinica var. perviridis]
- Sommerrübsen (Source: Mansfeld
[as B. rapa var. silvestris f. praecox]) – German [Brassica rapa subsp. campestris]
- Speiserübe (Source: Dict Rehm
) – German [Brassica rapa subsp. rapa]
- Stoppelrübe (Source: Dict Rehm
) – German [Brassica rapa subsp. rapa]
- Wasserrübe (Source: Mansf Ency
) – German [Brassica rapa subsp. rapa]
- weiße Rübe (Source: Dict Rehm
) – German [Brassica rapa subsp. rapa]
- Winterrübsen (Source: Mansfeld
) – German [Brassica rapa subsp. oleifera]
- sarisan (Source: Mansf Ency
) – India (Bengali) [Brassica rapa subsp. trilocularis]
- salgam (Source: Mansf Ency
) – India (Hindi) [Brassica rapa subsp. rapa]
- sarson (Source: Mansf Ency
) – India (Hindi) [Brassica rapa subsp. trilocularis]
- kobis cina (Source: Pl Res SEAs
) – Indonesian [Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis]
- paksoi (Source: Pl Res SEAs
) – Indonesian [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis]
- pecai (Source: Pl Res SEAs
) – Indonesian [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis]
- sawi hijau (Source: Pl Res SEAs
8:124.) – Indonesian [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis var. parachinensis]
- sawi kembang (Source: Pl Res SEAs
8:124.) – Indonesian [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis var. parachinensis]
- sawi putih (Source: Pl Res SEAs
) – Indonesian [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis]
- sawi putih (Source: Pl Res SEAs
) – Indonesian [Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis]
- rapa (Source: Mansf Ency
) – Italian [Brassica rapa subsp. rapa]
- hakusai (Source: Kitamura 1950) – Japanese Rōmaji [Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis]
- kabu (Source: Mansf Ency
) – Japanese Rōmaji [Brassica rapa subsp. rapa]
- kisaragina (Source: Kitamura 1950) – Japanese Rōmaji [Brassica rapa subsp. narinosa]
- komatsuna (Source: Kitamura 1950) – Japanese Rōmaji [Brassica rapa subsp. nipposinica var. perviridis]
- kyona (Source: Pl Res SEAs
8:121.) – Japanese Rōmaji [Brassica rapa subsp. nipposinica]
- mibuna (Source: Pl Res SEAs
8:121.) – Japanese Rōmaji [Brassica rapa subsp. nipposinica]
- mizuna (Source: Pl Res SEAs
8:121.) – Japanese Rōmaji [Brassica rapa subsp. nipposinica]
- natane (Source: McFerson, p.c.) – Japanese Rōmaji [Brassica rapa subsp. oleifera]
- shakushina (Source: Kitamura 1950 [as B. rapa var. chinensis]) – Japanese Rōmaji [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis]
- taasai (Source: Pl Names
) – Japanese Rōmaji [Brassica rapa subsp. narinosa]
- taisi (Source: Mansf Ency
) – Japanese Rōmaji [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis]
- kubis cina (Source: Mansf Ency
) – Malay [Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis]
- puhit (Source: Mansf Ency
) – Malay [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis]
- sawi bunga (Source: Pl Res SEAs
8:124.) – Malay [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis var. parachinensis]
- sawi putih (Source: Pl Res SEAs
) – Malay [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis]
- sawi putih (Source: Pl Res SEAs
) – Malay [Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis]
- couve-chinesa (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Portuguese [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis]
- nabo (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Portuguese [Brassica rapa subsp. rapa]
- rábano (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Portuguese [Brassica rapa subsp. rapa]
- couve-chinesa-petsai (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil) [Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis]
- couve-repolho-da-China (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil) [Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis]
- nabo-selvagem (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil) [Brassica rapa subsp. campestris]
- nabo-silvestre (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil) [Brassica rapa subsp. campestris]
- kapusta kitajskaja (Source: Mansf Ency
) – Transliterated Russian [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis]
- repa (Source: Mansf Ency
) – Transliterated Russian [Brassica rapa subsp. rapa]
- turneps (Source: Mansf Ency
) – Transliterated Russian [Brassica rapa subsp. rapa]
- col de China (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Spanish [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis]
- col de China (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Spanish [Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis]
- mostaza espinaca (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Spanish [Brassica rapa subsp. nipposinica var. perviridis]
- nabina (Source: UPOV
) – Spanish [Brassica rapa subsp. campestris]
- nabo (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Spanish [Brassica rapa subsp. rapa]
- nabo colza (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Spanish [Brassica rapa subsp. rapa]
- nabo de invierno (Source: Misc Publ USDA
643 [as B. campestris var. autunmalis]) – Spanish [Brassica rapa subsp. oleifera]
- nabo de verano (Source: Misc Publ USDA
643 [as B. campestris "annual turnip-rape"]) – Spanish [Brassica rapa subsp. campestris]
- nabo forrajero (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Spanish [Brassica rapa subsp. rapa]
- repollo chino (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Spanish [Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis]
- repollo chino (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Spanish [Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis]
- rofva (Source: Mansf Ency
) – Swedish [Brassica rapa subsp. rapa]
- More:
- More:
Naturalized:
Cultivated:
Other:
- PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) - on-line resource. (PROTABASE)
- Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds.
1976–. Flora of Libya. (F Libya)
- Botanical Society of the British Isles.
2007. BSBI checklist. (BSBI)
- CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland.
Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) (Weed CIBA)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences.
1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
- Committee on Stabilization.
1975. Report of the standing committee on stabilization of specific names.
Taxon
24:172.
- Cufodontis, G.
1953–1972. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta. (F EthiopCuf)
- Denford, K. E.
1976. Isoenzyme studies in members of the genus Brassica.
Bot. Not.
128:455–462.
- Encke, F. et al.
1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
- Hanelt, P., ed.
2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. (Mansf Ency)
- 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):454.
- Jalas, J. & J. Suominen.
1972–. Atlas florae europaeae. (Atlas Eur)
- 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)
- Mouterde, P.
1966–. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. (F Liban)
- Olsson, G.
1954. Crosses within the campestris group of the genus Brassica.
Hereditas (Beijing)
40:414. [= B. campestris subsp. rapifera (Metzg.) Sinsk.].
- Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
- Rechinger, K. H., ed.
1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
- Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds.
1993. Vegetables.
Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs)
8:121.
- Steward, A. N.
1958. Manual of vascular plants of the lower Yangtze valley. (F LowYangtze)
- Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr)
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1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
- Walker, E.
1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. (F Okin)
- Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng)
- More:
Synonyms:
Check other databases for Brassica rapa L.:
-
Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
- Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
- Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
- PROTABASE: Plant Resources of
Tropical Africa's (PROTA's) online resource
- 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:
- 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.
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