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Taxon:  Brassica rapa L. subsp. chinensis (L.) Hanelt (Brassica rapa Pak Choi Group)



Summary
Genus:
Brassica
Family:
Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Brassiceae
Nomen number:
319634
Place of publication:
R. Mansfeld, Verz. Landwirtsch. u. Gartn. Kulturpfl., Auf. 2, ed. J. Schultze-Motel, 1:304. 1986
Comment:
[or Brassica rapa Pak Choi Group]
Verified:
06/02/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Brassica rapa L. (7 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. f. rapa (0 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. chinensis (L.) Hanelt var. parachinensis (L. H. Bailey) Hanelt (0 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. chinensis (L.) Hanelt var. purpuraria (L. H. Bailey) Kitam. (0 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. dichotoma (Roxb.) Hanelt (0 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 (0 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. nipposinica (L. H. Bailey) Hanelt var. perviridis L. H. Bailey (0 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. oleifera (DC.) Metzg. (0 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. oleifera (DC.) Metzg. var. ruvo (L. H. Bailey) Gladis & K. Hammer (0 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. pekinensis (Lour.) Hanelt (0 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. rapa (0 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. trilocularis (Roxb.) Hanelt (0 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. var. rapa (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Brassica chinensis L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Brassica campestris L. subsp. chinensis (L.) Makino
Brassica chinensis L. subsp. chinensis
Brassica chinensis L. subsp. utilis M. Tsen & S. H. Lee
Brassica oleracea L. var. chinensis (L.) Prain
Brassica rapa L. subsp. chinensis (L.) Hanelt var. rosularis M. Tsen & S. H. Lee
Brassica rapa L. var. chinensis (L.) Kitam.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Brassica dubiosa L. H. Bailey
Brassica rapa L. var. amplexicaulis Y. Tanaka & Ono
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Reference(s)
  1. Bailey, L. H. 1930. The cultivated Brassicas; second paper. Gentes Herbarum 2:253-255. Note: = Brassica chinensis L.
  2. Chen, H.-F. et al. 2007. Production and genetic analysis of partial hybrids in intertribal crosses between Brassica species (B. rapa, B. napus) and Capsella bursa-pastoris. Pl. Cell Rep. 26:1791-1800.
  3. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
  4. Erickson, L. R. et al. 1983. Restriction patterns reveal origins of chloroplast genomes in Brassica amphiploids. Theor. Appl. Genet. 65:201-206. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/122
  5. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 URL: http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
  6. Heenan, P. B. & M. I. Dawson. 2005. Spontaneous hybrids between naturalised populations of pak choi (Brassica rapa var. chinensis) and wild turnip (B. rapa var. oleifera) from near Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand. New Zealand J. Bot. 43:817-824.
  7. Herklots, G. A. C. 1972. Vegetables in South-East Asia.
  8. Hoang, H.-D. et al. 1997. Additional notes to the checklist of Korean cultivated plants (5). Consolidated summary and indexes. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 44:349-391. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10722
  9. 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. Note: Netherlands journal of plant breeding
  10. International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
  11. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  12. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  13. McFerson, J. 1994. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
  14. Musil, A. F. 1948. Distinguishing species of Brassica by their seeds. Misc. Publ. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 643:1-35.
  15. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  16. Pradhan, A. K. et al. 1992. Phylogeny of Brassica and allied genera based on variation in chloroplast and mitochondrial DNA patterns: molecular and taxonomic classifications are incongruous. Theor. Appl. Genet. 85:331-340. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/122
  17. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  18. Scheffler, J. A. & P. J. Dale. 1994. Opportunities for gene transfer from transgenic oilseed rape (Brassica napus) to related species. Transgenic Res. 3:263-278.
  19. Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:130-134. URL: http://proseanet.org Note: = Brassica rapa Pak Choi Group
  20. 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. 75:784-794. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/122
  21. Song, K. et al. 1988. Brassica taxonomy based on nuclear restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs). 2. Preliminary analysis of subspecies within B. rapa (syn. campestris) and B. oleracea. Theor. Appl. Genet. 76:593-600. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/122
  22. Song, K. et al. 1990. Brassica taxonomy based on nuclear restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs). 3. Genome relationships in Brassica and related genera and the origin of B. oleracea and B. rapa (syn. campestris). Theor. Appl. Genet. 79:497-506. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/122
  23. Takuno, S. et al. 2010. Assessment of genetic diversity of accessions in Brassicaceae genetic resources by frequency distribution analysis of S haplotypes. Theor. Appl. Genet. 120:1129-1138. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/122
  24. Warwick, S. I. et al. 2006. Brassicaceae: Species checklist and database on CD-Rom. Pl. Syst. Evol. 259:249-258. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/606 Note: lists in database
  25. Warwick, S. I. et al. 2008. AFLP-based molecular characterization of Brassica rapa and diversity in Canadian spring turnip rape cultivars. Pl. Genet. Resources Charact. Util. 6:11-21. URL: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=PGR#
  26. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). URL: http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2 Note: = Brassica rapa var. chinensis (L.) Kitam.
  27. Yang, Y.-W. et al. 2002. A study of the phylogeny of Brassica rapa, B. nigra, Raphanus sativus, and their related genera using noncoding regions of chloroplast DNA. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 23:268-275. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10557903
  28. Zhao, J. et al. 2005. Genetic relationships within Brassica rapa as inferred from AFLP fingerprints. Theor. Appl. Genet. 110:1301-1314. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/122
Common names
English
bok-choy –
celery cabbage –
celery mustard –
Chinese cabbage –
Chinese mustard –
Chinese white cabbage –
mustard cabbage –
pak-choi –
white celery mustard –
French
chou de Chine –
German
Chinakohl –
chinesischer Senf-Kohl –
Pakchoi –
Indonesian
paksoi –
pecai –
sawi putih –
Italian
cavolo sedano –
Japanese Rōmaji
shaku-shina –
tai-sai –
Malay
puhit –
sawi putih –
Portuguese
couve-chinesa –
Spanish
col de China –
repollo chino –
Transcribed Chinese
qing cai –
Transliterated Russian
kapusta kitajskaja –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    also cult. elsewhere
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
Cultivated

  • REGION:
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodoil/fatas Brassica rapa var. chinensis, mentions that is primarily cultivated in China as an oilseedWu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). URL: http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2 Note: = Brassica rapa var. chinensis (L.) Kitam.
Human foodvegetablefide Hortus 3; Herklots, Vegetables in SE Asia. 1972Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.


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