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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.
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  13. O'Sullivan, P. 1999. pers. comm.
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  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).
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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
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
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=400711. Accessed 29 March 2025.

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