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Taxon:  Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata L. (Brassica oleracea Red Cabbage and White/Green Cabbage Groups)



Summary
Genus:
Brassica
Family:
Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Brassiceae
Nomen number:
7672
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:667. 1753
Comment:
[or Brassica oleracea Red Cabbage and White/Green Cabbage Groups]
Verified:
05/08/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Brassica oleracea L. (2 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. alboglabra (L. H. Bailey) Musil (0 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. botrytis L. (0 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. costata DC. (0 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. gemmifera DC. (0 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. gongylodes L. (0 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. italica Plenck (0 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. medullosa Thell. (0 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. oleracea (0 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. palmifolia DC. (0 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. ramosa DC. (0 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. sabauda L. (0 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. sabellica L. (0 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. viridis L. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Brassica oleracea L. subsp. capitata (L.) Schübl. & G. Martens

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Brassica oleracea L. f. alba DC.
Brassica oleracea L. var. conica DC.
Brassica oleracea L. var. rubra L.
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Reference(s)
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Common names
English
cabbage –
red cabbage –
Shetland cabbage –
white cabbage –
Danish
hovedkaal –
French
chou cabus –
chou pommé –
chou rouge –
German
Blaukraut –
Rotkohl –
Weißkohl –
Italian
cavolo cappuccio –
cavolo cappuccio bianco –
cavolo cappuccio rosso –
cavolo cappucio conico –
Japanese Rōmaji
kyabetsu –
Portuguese
couve-repolho –
repolho –
Spanish
col –
col repollo –
lombarda –
repollo –
Transcribed Chinese
gan lan –
Transliterated Russian
kočanaja kapusta –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    only cult.
Cultivated (only cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodvegetable Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2.
Human foodvegetable Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Medicinespotential as delivery systemfor expressing vaccines and pharmaceuticals in an edible formLiu, C.-W. et al. 2008. Expression of a Bacillus thuringiensis toxin (cry1Ab) gene in cabbage (Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata L.) chloroplasts confers high insecticidal efficacy against Plutella xylostella. Theor. Appl. Genet. 117:75-88. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/122
Vertebrate poisonsmammalsto livestockKingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. Note: poisonous
Vertebrate poisonsmammalsto livestockCooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning Note: poisonous
Vertebrate poisonsmammalsto livestockEverest, S. L. 1981. Poisonous plants of Australia. Note: poisonous


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