Brassica L.
Distribution
Native to:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Chita, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mongolia, Morocco, North Caucasus, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Somalia, South European Russi, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Amur, Andaman Is., Angola, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Azores, Bahamas, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Buryatiya, California, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Central American Pac, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Colorado, Comoros, Congo, Connecticut, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Crozet Is., Cuba, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Easter Is., Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Falkland Is., Finland, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Føroyar, Gabon, Galápagos, Georgia, Germany, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Ireland, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Kamchatka, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, Kerguelen, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Labrador, Leeward Is., Line Is., Louisiana, Madeira, Magadan, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Manitoba, Marianas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Mozambique, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niue, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., South Australia, South Carolina, South China Sea, South Dakota, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Tristan da Cunha, Tuamotu, Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yukon, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Crucifera E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild. ed. 2. 6: 31 (1902)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Agrosinapis Fourr. in Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 329 (1868)
- Bonannia C.Presl in Fl. Sicul.: 99 (1826)
- Brassica-napus A.Vilm. in Bon Jard. 1837: 348 (1837)
- Brassicaria Pomel in Mat. Fl. Atl.: 15 (1860)
- Brassicastrum Link in Handbuch 2: 318 (1831)
- Erussica G.H.Loos in Florist. Rundbr., Beih. 7: 129 (2004)
- Guenthera Andrz. ex Besser in Enum. Pl. Volh.: 82 (1822)
- Melanosinapis K.F.Schimp. & Spenn. in F.C.L.Spenner, Fl. Friburg. 3: 944 (1829)
- Micropodium Rchb. in Consp. Regn. Veg.: 185 (1828)
- Mutarda Bernh. in Syst. Verz. Erf.: 184 (1800)
- Napus Mill. in Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4.: s.p. (1754)
- Rapa Mill. in Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4.: s.p. (1754)
- Rapum Hill in Brit. Herb.: 240 (1756), orth. var.
- Sinabraca G.H.Loos in Florist. Rundbr., Beih. 7: 131 (2004)
Accepted Species
- Brassica assyriaca Mouterde
- Brassica aucheri Boiss.
- Brassica baldensis (Prosser & Bertolli) Prosser & Bertolli
- Brassica balearica Pers.
- Brassica barrelieri (L.) Janka
- Brassica beytepeensis Yıld.
- Brassica bourgeaui (Webb ex Christ) Kuntze
- Brassica cadmea Heldr. ex O.E.Schulz
- Brassica carinata A.Braun
- Brassica cretica Lam.
- Brassica deflexa Boiss.
- Brassica deserti Danin & Hedge
- Brassica desnottesii Emb. & Maire
- Brassica dimorpha Coss. & Durieu
- Brassica elongata Ehrh.
- Brassica fruticulosa Cirillo
- Brassica gravinae Ten.
- Brassica hilarionis Post
- Brassica incana Ten.
- Brassica insularis Moris
- Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.
- Brassica loncholoma Pomel
- Brassica macrocarpa Guss.
- Brassica maurorum Durieu
- Brassica montana Pourr.
- Brassica napus L.
- Brassica nivalis Boiss. & Heldr.
- Brassica oleracea L.
- Brassica oxyrrhina Coss.
- Brassica procumbens (Poir.) O.E.Schulz
- Brassica rapa L.
- Brassica repanda (Willd.) DC.
- Brassica rupestris Raf.
- Brassica setulosa (Boiss. & Reut.) Coss.
- Brassica somalensis Hedge & A.G.Mill.
- Brassica souliei (Batt.) Batt.
- Brassica spinescens Pomel
- Brassica taiwanensis S.S.Ying
- Brassica taurica (Tzvelev) Tzvelev
- Brassica trichocarpa C.Brullo, Brullo, Giusso & Ilardi
- Brassica tyrrhena Giotta, Piccitto & Arrigoni
- Brassica villosa Biv.
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- O. E. Sohulz in Engl. Pflanzenr. Crucif. 21 (1919).
- —F.T.A. 1: 65
Flora Zambesiaca
- Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 299 (1754).
- Sp. Pl. 2: 666 (1753)
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by B. Jonsell [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 299 (1754)
- O.E. Schulz in E.P. IV. 105, 70: 21–84 (1919)
- Sp. Pl.: 666 (1753)
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Flora Zambesiaca
- Flora Zambesiaca
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Somalia
- Flora of Somalia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0