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Taxon:  Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. subsp. juncea (Brassica juncea Raya and Mustard Groups)



Summary
Genus:
Brassica
Family:
Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Brassiceae
Nomen number:
400711
Comment:
[or B. juncea Raya and Mustard Groups]
Verified:
04/10/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. (1360 active accession[s])
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. 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
Basionym
Sinapis juncea L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Brassica cernua (Thunb.) F. B. Forbes & Hemsl.
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. var. gracilis M. Tsen & S. H. Lee
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. var. multisecta L. H. Bailey
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. var. oleifera Prain
Sinapis cernua Thunb.
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Reference(s)
  1. Bailey, L. H. 1930. The cultivated Brassicas; second paper. Gentes Herbarum 2:258.
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
  3. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. Delhi. 1948-1976
  4. Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990
  5. Fu, J. et al. 2006. Genetic diversity of traditional Chinese mustard crops Brassica juncea as revealed by phenotypic differences and RAPD markers. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 53:1513-1519.
  6. Fu, J. et al. 2006. Genetic diversity of traditional Chinese mustard crops Brassica juncea as revealed by phenotypic differences and RAPD markers. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 53:1513-1519.
  7. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. 1984-
  8. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001
  9. Hara, H. et al. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. 1978-1982
  10. International Energy Agency. 2004. Biofuels for transport: an international perspective. (on-line resource). 1-216.
  11. Kitamura, S. 1950. The cultivated brassicae of China and Japan. Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 19:76.
  12. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  13. O'Sullivan, P. 1999. pers. comm.
  14. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  15. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  16. Song, K. et al. 1988. Brassica taxonomy based on nuclear restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs). 1. Genome evolution of diploid and amphidiploid species. Theor. Appl. Genet. 745:784-794.
  17. Song, K. et al. 1988. Brassica taxonomy based on nuclear restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs). 1. Genome evolution of diploid and amphidiploid species. Theor. Appl. Genet. 745:784-794.
  18. University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. UC SAREP on-line cover crop database (on-line resource).
  19. Warwick, S. I. et al. 2006. Brassicaceae: Species checklist and database on CD-Rom. Pl. Syst. Evol. 259:249-258.
  20. Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
  21. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
Common names
English
brown mustard –
canola –
Indian mustard –
oilseed mustard –
French
moutarde brune –
German
brauner Senf –
Sareptasenf –
India
rai –
raya –
Japanese Rōmaji
karashi –
Portuguese
mostarda-vermelha –
Spanish
mostaza de Sarepta –
mostaza india –
Transcribed Chinese
jie cai –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated     
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
4NaturalizedAfrica Africa  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Eastern SiberiaEastern Siberia 
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Western SiberiaWestern Siberia 
4NaturalizedEuropeEast EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
4NaturalizedNorthern America North America  
4NaturalizedSouthern America South America  
5UncertainAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
5UncertainAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKyrgyzstan  
5UncertainAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTajikistan  
5UncertainAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
5UncertainAsia-TemperateMongoliaMongolia  
Cultivated

  • REGION:
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Pakistan
Naturalized
Africa
  • REGION: Africa
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Azerbaijan, Georgia
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia], Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia [Eastern Siberia]
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part]
Northern America
  • REGION: North America
Southern America
  • REGION: South America
Uncertain
Asia-Temperate
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  • MONGOLIA: Mongolia
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalsoil improver University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. UC SAREP on-line cover crop database (on-line resource).
Food additivesflavoring Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
Fuelspotential as petroleum substitute/alcohol International Energy Agency. 2004. Biofuels for transport: an international perspective. (on-line resource). 1-216.
Human foodoil/fat Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. Delhi. 1948-1976
Human foodvegetable Fu, J. et al. 2006. Genetic diversity of traditional Chinese mustard crops Brassica juncea as revealed by phenotypic differences and RAPD markers. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 53:1513-1519.
Medicinesfolklore Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=400711. Accessed 2 December 2024.

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