Code
BRSRR
Growth form
Broadleaf
Biological cycle
annual / biennial
Habitat
terrestrial
synonym | Barbarea derchiensis S.S. Ying |
synonym | Brassica amplexicaulis Hochst. ex A.Rich. [Illegitimate] |
synonym | Brassica antiquorum H.Lév. |
synonym | Brassica arvensis Hablitz |
synonym | Brassica asperifolia Lam. |
synonym | Brassica asperifolia var. esculenta Gren. & Godr. |
synonym | Brassica asperifolia var. oleifera Godr. |
synonym | Brassica brassicata A.Chev. |
synonym | Brassica briggsii Varenne |
synonym | Brassica campestris f. auriculata (DC.) O.E.Schulz |
synonym | Brassica campestris f. briggsii (Watson) O.E.Schulz |
synonym | Brassica campestris f. oblonga (Mill.) Prain |
synonym | Brassica campestris f. praecox DC. |
synonym | Brassica campestris f. tenuis O.E.Schulz |
synonym | Brassica campestris L. |
synonym | Brassica campestris subsp. dichotoma generic OLSSON |
synonym | Brassica campestris subsp. narinosa (L.H. Bailey) G. Olsson |
synonym | Brassica campestris subsp. pekinensis (Lour.) G. Olsson |
synonym | Brassica campestris subsp. rapifera (Metzg.) Sinskaya |
synonym | Brassica campestris subsp. trilocularis generic OLSSON |
synonym | Brassica campestris var. afghanica Sinskaya |
synonym | Brassica campestris var. agrestis Prain |
synonym | Brassica campestris var. akana Makino |
synonym | Brassica campestris var. amplexicaulis Makino |
synonym | Brassica campestris var. annua (Koch) Rchb. |
synonym | Brassica campestris var. autumnalis DC. |
synonym | Brassica campestris var. biennis (Schübl. & G.Martens) Rchb. |
synonym | Brassica campestris var. chinensis (L.) N.Busch |
synonym | Brassica campestris var. dissecta O.E.Schulz |
synonym | Brassica campestris var. glabra Sinskaya |
synonym | Brassica campestris var. hiroshimana Makino |
synonym | Brassica campestris var. mana Makino |
synonym | Brassica campestris var. musifolia Makino |
synonym | Brassica campestris var. oleifera DC. |
synonym | Brassica campestris var. osakana Makino |
synonym | Brassica campestris var. parachinensis (L.H. Bailey) Makino |
synonym | Brassica campestris var. purpuraria L.H. Bailey |
synonym | Brassica campestris var. purpuraria L.H.Bailey |
synonym | Brassica campestris var. rapa (L.) C.Hartm. |
synonym | Brassica campestris var. rubra Sinskaya |
synonym | Brassica campestris var. sarson Prain |
synonym | Brassica campestris var. setulosa Caruel |
synonym | Brassica campestris var. sotetsuna Makino |
synonym | Brassica celerifolia (Tsen & S.H.Lee) Y.Z.Lan & T.Y.Cheo |
synonym | Brassica chinensis f. hiroshimana (Makino) M.Hiroe |
synonym | Brassica chinensis f. indivisa (Makino) M.Hiroe |
synonym | Brassica chinensis f. japonica (Siebold ex Miq.) M.Hiroe |
synonym | Brassica chinensis f. mana (Makino) M.Hiroe |
synonym | Brassica chinensis f. osakana (Makino) M.Hiroe |
synonym | Brassica chinensis f. piaoh-tsai (Kitam.) M.Hiroe |
synonym | Brassica chinensis f. youngtungtsai (Kitam.) M.Hiroe |
synonym | Brassica chinensis L. |
synonym | Brassica chinensis var. angustifolia V.G. Sun |
synonym | Brassica chinensis var. dentata (Matsum. & Nakai) M.Hiroe |
synonym | Brassica chinensis var. komatsuna Matsum. & Nakai |
synonym | Brassica chinensis var. musifolia (Makino) M.Hiroe |
synonym | Brassica chinensis var. narinosa (Bailey) M.Hiroe |
synonym | Brassica chinensis var. oleifera Makino & Nemoto |
synonym | Brassica chinensis var. pandurata V.G. Sun |
synonym | Brassica chinensis var. parachinensis (L.H. Bailey) Sinskaya |
synonym | Brassica chinensis var. pekinensis (Lour.) V.G. Sun |
synonym | Brassica chinensis var. petsai (L.H. Bailey) Maire & Weiller |
synonym | Brassica chinensis var. rosularis Tsen & S.H.Lee |
synonym | Brassica cibaria Dierb. |
synonym | Brassica colza H.Lév. |
synonym | Brassica cyrenaica Spreng. |
synonym | Brassica dubiosa L.H. Bailey |
synonym | Brassica dubiosa L.H.Bailey |
synonym | Brassica japonica Makino [Illegitimate] |
synonym | Brassica japonica var. indivisa Makino |
synonym | Brassica japonica var. isena Makino |
synonym | Brassica japonica var. suigikuna Makino |
synonym | Brassica juncea var. celerifolia Tsen & S.H.Lee |
synonym | Brassica lutea Gilib. [Invalid] |
synonym | Brassica macrorhiza Gray |
synonym | Brassica mizuna Siebold |
synonym | Brassica musifolia (Makino) Makino [Invalid] |
synonym | Brassica napella Chaix |
synonym | Brassica napus var. chinensis (L.) O.E.Schulz |
synonym | Brassica napus var. longirostris Borbás |
synonym | Brassica narinosa L.H.Bailey |
synonym | Brassica nipposinica L.H.Bailey |
synonym | Brassica oleracea var. chinensis (L.) Prain |
synonym | Brassica oleracea var. taquetii H.Lév. & Vaniot |
synonym | Brassica oleronensis A.Sav. ex Foucaud |
synonym | Brassica parachinensis L.H.Bailey |
synonym | Brassica pe-tsai L.H.Bailey |
synonym | Brassica pe-tsai var. dentata Matsum. & Nakai |
synonym | Brassica pekinensis Skeels |
synonym | Brassica pekinensis var. cephalata Tsen & S.H.Lee |
synonym | Brassica pekinensis var. cylindrica Tsen & S.H.Lee |
synonym | Brassica pekinensis var. hiroshimana Makino |
synonym | Brassica pekinensis var. laxa Tsen & S.H.Lee |
synonym | Brassica pekinensis var. petsai Lour. |
synonym | Brassica perfoliata Crantz |
synonym | Brassica perviridis (L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey |
synonym | Brassica petsai (Lour.) L.H.Bailey |
synonym | Brassica polymorpha Syme [Illegitimate] |
synonym | Brassica pseudocolza H.Lév. |
synonym | Brassica purpuraria (L.H. Bailey) L.H. Bailey |
synonym | Brassica purpuraria (L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey |
synonym | Brassica quadrivalvis Hook.f. & Thomson |
synonym | Brassica rapa f. alba DC. |
synonym | Brassica rapa f. arenaria Alef. |
synonym | Brassica rapa f. chloroplax Alef. |
synonym | Brassica rapa f. cinerascens Alef. |
synonym | Brassica rapa f. erythroplax Alef. |
synonym | Brassica rapa f. flavescens DC. |
synonym | Brassica rapa f. jodopyrga Alef. |
synonym | Brassica rapa f. leucoplax Alef. |
synonym | Brassica rapa f. leucopyrga Alef. |
synonym | Brassica rapa f. lugdunensis Alef. |
synonym | Brassica rapa f. media Alef. |
synonym | Brassica rapa f. melaina Alef. |
synonym | Brassica rapa f. morignyana Alef. |
synonym | Brassica rapa f. nagakabu Kitam. |
synonym | Brassica rapa f. nigricans DC. |
synonym | Brassica rapa f. punicea DC. |
synonym | Brassica rapa f. variegata Alef. |
synonym | Brassica rapa f. viridis DC. |
synonym | Brassica rapa f. xanthocona Alef. |
synonym | Brassica rapa f. xanthoplax Alef. |
synonym | Brassica rapa subsp. afghanica (Sinskaya) Shebalina |
synonym | Brassica rapa subsp. dichotoma (Roxb. ex Fleming) Hanelt |
synonym | Brassica rapa subsp. japonica Shebalina |
synonym | Brassica rapa subsp. narinosa (L.H.Bailey) Hanelt |
synonym | Brassica rapa subsp. nipposinica (Bailey) Kitam. |
synonym | Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis (Lour.) Kitam. |
synonym | Brassica rapa subsp. rapa |
synonym | Brassica rapa subsp. rapifera Metzg. |
synonym | Brassica rapa subsp. sarson (Prain) Denford |
synonym | Brassica rapa var. alborosea Shebalina |
synonym | Brassica rapa var. amplexicaulis Yo.Tanaka & Ono |
synonym | Brassica rapa var. annua W.D.J.Koch |
synonym | Brassica rapa var. briggsii Briggs |
synonym | Brassica rapa var. campestris (L.) Peterm. |
synonym | Brassica rapa var. cephalata (Tsen & S.H.Lee) Hanelt |
synonym | Brassica rapa var. chinensis (L.) Kitam. |
synonym | Brassica rapa var. communis (Tsen & S.H.Lee) Hanelt |
synonym | Brassica rapa var. cylindrica (Tsen & S.H.Lee) Hanelt |
synonym | Brassica rapa var. depressa DC. |
synonym | Brassica rapa var. dissecta (O.E.Schulz) Gladis |
synonym | Brassica rapa var. glabra Regel |
synonym | Brassica rapa var. globosa Peterm. |
synonym | Brassica rapa var. hybrida Shebalina |
synonym | Brassica rapa var. intermedia Shebalina |
synonym | Brassica rapa var. laxa (Tsen & S.H.Lee) Hanelt |
synonym | Brassica rapa var. leptorhiza Spach |
synonym | Brassica rapa var. oblonga (Mill.) DC. |
synonym | Brassica rapa var. oleifera DC. |
synonym | Brassica rapa var. oleronensis (A.Sav. ex Foucaud) Sav. |
synonym | Brassica rapa var. pandurata (V.G. Sun) Gladis |
synonym | Brassica rapa var. parachinensis (Bailey) Hanelt |
synonym | Brassica rapa var. perviridis L.H.Bailey |
synonym | Brassica rapa var. purpuraria (L.H. Bailey) Kitam. |
synonym | Brassica rapa var. purpuraria (L.H.Bailey) Kitam. |
synonym | Brassica rapa var. quadrivalvis (Hook. f. & Thomson) Kitam. |
synonym | Brassica rapa var. rosularis (Tsen & S.H.Lee) Hanelt |
synonym | Brassica rapa var. rubra (Sinskaya) Shebalina |
synonym | Brassica rapa var. sarcorhiza Spach |
synonym | Brassica rapa var. sativa Mérat |
synonym | Brassica rapa var. septiceps L.H.Bailey |
synonym | Brassica rapa var. trilocularis Kitam. |
synonym | Brassica rapa var. violascens Shebalina |
synonym | Brassica rapifera (Metzg.) Dalla Torre & Sarnth. |
synonym | Brassica rapoasiatica Sinskaya |
synonym | Brassica rapoeuropea Sinskaya |
synonym | Brassica rutabaga (DC.) Druce |
synonym | Brassica saruna Siebold |
synonym | Brassica sativa var. campestris (L.) Clavaud |
synonym | Brassica sativa var. rapa (L.) Clavaud |
synonym | Brassica septiceps (L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey |
synonym | Brassica sphaerorrhiza Gray |
synonym | Brassica trilocularis Hook.f. & Thomson |
synonym | Brassica trimestris Boenn. |
synonym | Brassica tuberosa Salisb. |
synonym | Caulanthus sulfureus Payson |
synonym | Crucifera rapa E.H.L.Krause |
synonym | Napus campestris (L.) Schimp. & Spenn. |
synonym | Napus rapa (L.) Schimp. & Spenn. |
synonym | Raphanus campestris (L.) Crantz |
synonym | Raphanus chinensis (L.) Crantz [Illegitimate] |
synonym | Raphanus rapa (L.) Crantz |
synonym | Sinapis communis Noronha |
synonym | Sinapis dichotoma Roxb. |
synonym | Sinapis glauca Roxb. |
synonym | Sinapis pekinensis Lour. |
synonym | Sinapis rapa (L.) Brot. |
synonym | Sinapis tuberosa Poir. |
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Global description
Brassica rapa is an annual or biennial herbaceous erect plant reaching 1.20 m high, with a taproot containing reserves. The leaves are alternate andsimple; the lower leaves are large, lyrate, cut into deep lobes, bristling with stiff hairs, and the upper leaves are small, whole, clasping, glabrous. The flowers are stalked, yellow in colour, with petals spread in cross, and spreading sepals. They are grouped in dense terminal inflorescence that extends to fructification. The fruit is a long cylindrical pod elongated with a point. Seeds are globose with finely roughened surface.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Brésil : Brassica rapa se développe en hiver et au printemps dans le sud du Brésil. Elle disparait en début d'été.
China: Brassica rapa flowers from March to June and bears fruit from April to July.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Brassica rapa is a C3 species.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Brazil: Brassica rapa thrives in medium-textured soils rich in organic matter.
China: Brassica rapa is widely cultivated and naturalized throughout the country.
South Africa: Brassica rapa thrives in disturbed areas. Mesic grasslands. Disturbed areas. Cultivated land. High Karoo, Albany Thicket, Eastern Fynbos-Renosterveld.
West Indies: Brassica rapa is grown here and there as a vegetable crop.
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Toxicity
Brassica rapa seeds are toxic. They contain isocyanathes, which are responsible for severe gastroenteritis, mucosal irritation, abdominal pain, high salivation and diarrhoea. More serious toxicity problems can result in pulmonary emphysema, haemoglobinuria and blindness. Animals may suffer from photosensitisation and abortions. There is no treatment for severe poisoning.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Origin
Brassica rapa is native to the Mediterranean basin.
Worldwide distribution
This species is now widely distributed throughout North, Central and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, East Africa, India, Asia and Oceania.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Herbarium pictures ReCOLNAT: https://explore.recolnat.org/search/botanique/simplequery=Brassica%2520rapa
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Brassicales |
Family | Brassicaceae |
Genus | Brassica |
Species | Brassica rapa L. |