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Taxon:  Brassica rapa L. subsp. pekinensis (Lour.) Hanelt (Brassica rapa Chinese Cabbage Group)



Summary
Genus:
Brassica
Family:
Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Brassiceae
Nomen number:
319636
Place of publication:
R. Mansfeld, Verz. Landwirtsch. u. Gartn. Kulturpfl., Auf. 2, ed. J. Schultze-Motel, 1:304. 1986
Comment:
[or B. rapa Chinese Cabbage Group]
Verified:
06/04/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
248 (248  active, 6  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Brassica rapa L. (1409 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. chinensis (L.) Hanelt (51 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. chinensis (L.) Hanelt var. parachinensis (L. H. Bailey) Hanelt (6 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. chinensis (L.) Hanelt var. purpuraria (L. H. Bailey) Kitam. (4 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. dichotoma (Roxb.) Hanelt (49 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. japonica Shebalina (0 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. narinosa (L. H. Bailey) Hanelt (0 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. nipposinica (L. H. Bailey) Hanelt (20 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. nipposinica (L. H. Bailey) Hanelt var. perviridis L. H. Bailey (1 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. oleifera (DC.) Metzg. (241 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. oleifera (DC.) Metzg. f. annua (Metzg.) Thell. (0 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. oleifera (DC.) Metzg. f. biennis (Metzg.) Thell. (0 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. rapa (638 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. trilocularis (Roxb.) Hanelt (27 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Sinapis pekinensis Lour.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Brassica pekinensis (Lour.) Rupr.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Brassica pe-tsai L. H. Bailey
Brassica rapa L. subvar. pe-tsai (L. H. Bailey) Kitam.
Brassica rapa L. var. glabra Regel
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Reference(s)
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  2. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm.
  3. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001
  4. Herklots, G. A. C. 1972. Vegetables in South-East Asia.
  5. Inomata, N. 1993. Crossability and cytology of hybrid progenies in the cross between Brassica campestris and three wild relatives of B. oleracea, B. bourgeaui, B. cretica and B. montana. Euphytica 69:7-17.
  6. Inomata, N. 1993. Crossability and cytology of hybrid progenies in the cross between Brassica campestris and three wild relatives of B. oleracea, B. bourgeaui, B. cretica and B. montana. Euphytica 69:7-17.
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  8. Kitamura, S. 1950. The cultivated brassicae of China and Japan. Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 19:79.
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Common names
English
celery cabbage –
Chinese cabbage –
napa cabbage –
nappa cabbage –
Peking cabbage –
pe-tsai –
Shantung cabbage –
Danish
kinakaal –
Dutch
Chinesekool –
French
chou de Chine –
chou de Shanton –
German
Chinakohl –
Pekingkohl –
Schantungkohl –
Indonesian
kobis cina –
sawi putih –
Italian
cavolo chinese –
Japanese Rōmaji
hakusai –
Malay
kubis cina –
sawi putih –
Portuguese (Brazil)
couve-chinesa-petsai –
couve-repolho-da-China –
Spanish
col de China –
repollo chino –
Transcribed Chinese
bai cai –
da bai cai –
Transcribed Korean
baechu –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated     
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
Cultivated

  • REGION:
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodvegetable Herklots, G. A. C. 1972. Vegetables in South-East Asia.
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964
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=319636. Accessed 2 December 2024.

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