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Taxon:  Crambe hispanica L. subsp. abyssinica (Hochst. ex R. E. Fr.) Prina



Summary
Genus:
Crambe
Section:
Leptocrambe
Family:
Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Brassiceae
Nomen number:
461441
Place of publication:
Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 133:517. 2000
Verified:
07/16/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
70 (70  active, 68  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Crambe hispanica L. (0 active accession[s])
Crambe hispanica L. subsp. hispanica (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Crambe abyssinica Hochst. ex R. E. Fr.

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Reference(s)
  1. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001
  2. Prina, A. 2000. A taxonomic revision of Crambe, sect. Leptocrambe (Brassicaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 133:509-524.
  3. Qiong, H. et al. 2009. Chapter 13. Introgression of genes from wild crucifers. Biology and breeding of Crucifers. 2009 261-308.
  4. Qiong, H. et al. 2009. Chapter 13. Introgression of genes from wild crucifers. Biology and breeding of Crucifers. 2009 261-308.
  5. Rudloff, E. & Y. Wang. 2011. Crambe. Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, oilseeds. 2011 5:97-116.
  6. Wang, Y. P. & P. Luo. 1998. Intergeneric hybridization between Brassica species and Crambe abyssinica. Euphytica 101:1-7.
  7. Wang, Y. P. & P. Luo. 1998. Intergeneric hybridization between Brassica species and Crambe abyssinica. Euphytica 101:1-7.
  8. Wang, Y. P. et al. 2004. Cytogenetic characterization and fae1 gene variation in progenies from asymmetric somatic hybrids between Brassica napus and Crambe abyssinica. Genome 47:724-731.
  9. Wang, Y. P. et al. 2004. Cytogenetic characterization and fae1 gene variation in progenies from asymmetric somatic hybrids between Brassica napus and Crambe abyssinica. Genome 47:724-731.
  10. Warwick, S. I. & C. A. Sauder. 2005. Phylogeny of tribe Brassiceae (Brassicaceae) based on chloroplast restriction site polymorphisms and nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer and chloroplast trnL intron sequences. Canad. J. Bot. 83:467-483.
  11. Warwick, S. I. & R. K. Gugel. 2003. Genetic variation in the Crambe abyssinica - C. hispanica - C. glabrata complex. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 50:291-305.
  12. Warwick, S. I. & R. K. Gugel. 2003. Genetic variation in the Crambe abyssinica - C. hispanica - C. glabrata complex. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 50:291-305.
  13. Warwick, S. I. et al. 2006. Brassicaceae: Species checklist and database on CD-Rom. Pl. Syst. Evol. 259:249-258.
  14. Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
  15. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Common names
English
Abyssinian-kale –
colewort –
crambe –
French
chou d'Abyssinie –
crambe d'Abyssinie –
German
abessinischer Meerkohl –
Krambe –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaZaire  
2Cultivated     
2CultivatedEuropeEast EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
2CultivatedEuropeEast EuropeUkraine  
2CultivatedNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNorth Dakota 
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Rwanda, Zaire
Cultivated

  • REGION:
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Ukraine
Northern America
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [North Dakota]
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Turkey
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodder Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
Materialslipids Mulder, J. H. & H. D. Mastebroek. 1996. Variation for agronomic characteristics in Crambe hispanica, a wild relative of Crambe abyssinica. Euphytica 89:267-278.
Medicinesfolklore PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=461441. Accessed 3 January 2025.

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