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Taxon:  Brassica rapa L. var. sylvestris Purchas & Ley



Summary
Genus:
Brassica
Family:
Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Brassiceae
Nomen number:
105435
Place of publication:
Fl. Herefordshire 20. 1889 (T. A. R. Briggs, Fl. Plymouth 20. 1880, nom. inval.)
Comment:
since a description or diagnosis was not provided by Purchas & Ley, this variety is solely based on the cited "Brassica polymorpha, subspecies campestris, of Eng. Bot., Ed. iii", which itself is based on B. campestris L. It cannot be considered to be based on B. asperifolia var. sylvestris Lam. (Encycl. 1:746. 1785), as assumed by Thellung (in Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 4(1):259. 1918), since Lamarck excluded the Linnaean type from his taxon by including it elsewhere (B. perfoliata var. lutea Lam. p. 748) and the two names cannot be homotypic. Since the autonym B. campestris var. campestris already existed (at least since 1854 in Hartman, Handb. Skand. fl. ed. 6:110) and should have been adopted at this rank, var. sylvestris is illegitimate (Shenzhen ICN 52). No description or diagnosis or reference to one was provided by Briggs in 1880.
Verified:
02/09/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen Note: lists as Brassica rapa var. sylvestris (Lam.) S. M. Briggs
  2. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: lists as Brassica rapa var. sylvestris (Lam.) Briggs
  3. Hegi, G. et al. 1986. Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa 4(2):456. Note: ed. 1:1906-1931; ed. 2:1936-68; ed. 3:1966-
  4. Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2.
  5. Olsson, G. 1954. Crosses within the campestris group of the genus Brassica. Hereditas (Beijing) 40:414. Note: treats as Brassica campestris subsp. eucampestris (L.) Olsson
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Distribution
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://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=105435. Accessed 29 April 2025.