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Taxon:  Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.



Summary
Genus:
Brassica
Family:
Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Brassiceae
Nomen number:
7654
Place of publication:
Consp. pl. charc. 8. 1859 Mar (E. Cosson, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 6:609. 1860 Jan)
Verified:
06/02/2000 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1360 (1360  active, 1111  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. subsp. integrifolia (H. West) Thell. (0 active accession[s])
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. subsp. integrifolia (H. West) Thell. var. crispifolia L. H. Bailey (1 active accession[s])
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. subsp. integrifolia (H. West) Thell. var. integrifolia (H. West) Sinskaya (5 active accession[s])
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. subsp. integrifolia (H. West) Thell. var. japonica (Thunb.) L. H. Bailey (0 active accession[s])
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. subsp. integrifolia (H. West) Thell. var. longidens L. H. Bailey (0 active accession[s])
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. subsp. integrifolia (H. West) Thell. var. rugosa (Roxb.) M. Tsen & S. H. Lee (0 active accession[s])
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. subsp. integrifolia (H. West) Thell. var. strumata M. Tsen & S. H. Lee (0 active accession[s])
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. subsp. integrifolia (H. West) Thell. var. subintegrifolia Sinskaya (0 active accession[s])
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. subsp. juncea (0 active accession[s])
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. subsp. napiformis (Pailleux & Bois) Gladis (0 active accession[s])
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. subsp. tsatsai (T. L. Mao) Gladis, nom. nud.? var. multiceps M. Tsen & S. H. Lee (2 active accession[s])
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. subsp. tsatsai (T. L. Mao) Gladis, nom. nud.? var. tumida M. Tsen & S. H. Lee (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Brassica chenopodiifolia Sennen & Pau
Brassica timoriana (DC.) F. Muell.
Sinapis timoriana DC.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Brassica besseriana Andrz.
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Common names
English
brown mustard –
Chinese mustard –
India mustard –
Indian mustard –
leaf mustard –
Oriental mustard –
vegetable mustard –
French
moutarde brune –
moutarde de Chine –
moutarde de Sarepta –
moutarde frisée –
moutarde indienne –
German
brauner Senf –
Ruten-Kohl –
Sarepta-Senf –
Indonesian
sawi –
sesawi –
Italian
senape indiana –
Japanese Rōmaji
karashi-na –
Malay
kai choy –
sawi pahit –
Portuguese
mostarda-indiana –
mostarda-vermelha –
Spanish
mostaza india –
Swahili
haradali –
mastadi –
Swedish
sareptasenap –
Transcribed Chinese
jie cai –
Transcribed Korean
gas –
Distribution
Cultivated
Africa
  • REGION: Africa
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Japan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: Thailand
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Europe
  • REGION: Europe
Northern America
  • REGION: North America
Southern America
  • REGION: South America
Adventive
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Tunisia
Naturalized
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands]
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, South Africa
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Zaire
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Mauritius, Reunion
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Yemen
  • CAUCASUS: Azerbaijan, Georgia
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia], Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia [Eastern Siberia]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka
  • MALESIA: Philippines
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Norway, Sweden
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Bulgaria, Romania
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain
Northern America
  • REGION: Canada, Mexico, United States
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: French Polynesia
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji, New Caledonia, Niue
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • CARIBBEAN: Hispaniola, Netherlands Antilles, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago [Trinidad], St. Vincent and Grenadines, Virgin Islands (British) [Virgin Gorda], Virgin Islands (U.S.) [St. Croix]
  • MESOAMERICA: Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Paraguay [Alto Paraguay]
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Peru
Uncertain
Asia-Temperate
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • MONGOLIA: Mongolia
Economic Uses
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