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Taxon:  Brassica rapa L. subsp. dichotoma (Roxb.) Hanelt (Brassica rapa Tori Group)



Summary
Genus:
Brassica
Family:
Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Brassiceae
Nomen number:
319638
Place of publication:
R. Mansfeld, Verz. Landwirtsch. u. Gartn. Kulturpfl., Auf. 2, ed. J. Schultze-Motel, 1:302. 1986
Comment:
[or B. rapa Tori Group]
Verified:
06/03/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
49 (49  active, 33  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. 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. pekinensis (Lour.) Hanelt (248 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 dichotoma Roxb.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Brassica campestris L. var. dichotoma (Roxb.) G. Watt
Brassica napus L. var. dichotoma (Roxb.) Prain
Brassica rapa L. var. dichotoma (Roxb.) Kitam.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Brassica campestris L. var. toria Duthie & J. B. Fuller
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Reference(s)
  1. Acharya, B. D. et al. 2002. Effect of Brassica campestris var. toria as a catch crop on Orobanche aegyptiaca seed bank. Crop Protect. 21:533-537.
  2. 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
  3. Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
  4. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001
  5. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  6. McFerson, J. 1994. pers. comm.
  7. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  8. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  9. Sikka, S. M. & M. S. Swaminathan. 1955. Fifty years of botanical research at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute. Euphytica 4:173-182.
  10. University of Idaho. 2010. Brassica breeding and research goals.
Common names
English
brown sarson –
Indian rape –
toria –
German
indischer Kohl –
Distribution
Cultivated

  • REGION:
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Nepal
Economic Uses
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=319638. Accessed 31 March 2025.

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