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Taxon:
Brassica oleracea
L. var.
sabellica
L. (
Brassica oleracea
Acephala Group)
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Brassica
Family:
Brassicaceae
(alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Brassiceae
Nomen number:
319629
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:667. 1753
Comment:
[or
Brassica oleracea
Acephala Group]
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
05/08/2010
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Brassica oleracea
L.
(0 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.
capitata
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.
viridis
L.
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Brassica oleracea
L. var.
acephala
auct.
Brassica oleracea
L. var.
selenisia
L.
No images
Reference(s)
Bothmer, R. von et al.
1995.
Brassica
sect.
Brassica
(Brassicaceae). II. Inter- and intraspecific crosses with cultivars of
B. oleracea
.
Genet. Resources Crop Evol.
42:165-178.
Dias, J. S.
1995. Genetic relationships of Portuguese coles and other close related
Brassica
genotypes using nuclear RFLPs.
Genet. Resources Crop Evol.
42:363-369.
Divaret, I. et al.
1999. RAPD markers on seed bulks efficiently assess the genetic diversity of a
Brassica oleracea
L. collection.
Theor. Appl. Genet.
98:1029-1035.
Encke, F. et al.
1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Girija, T. & Tabish.
Flowers of India (on-line resource).
Hammer, K. et al.
2013. The wild and the grown - Remarks about the botanical classification of
Brassica
. Acta Hort. 1005:49-59.
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001.
Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Hegi, G. et al.
1986. Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa 4(1):445.
Note:
= cultivariety
International Seed Testing Association.
1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Jalas, J. & J. Suominen.
1972-. Atlas florae europaeae.
Note:
=
Brassica oleracea
subsp.
fruticosa
Metzg.
Lamboy, W. F. et al.
1994. Application of isozyme data to the management of the United States national
Brassica oleracea
L. genetic resources collection.
Genet. Resources Crop Evol.
41:99-108.
Mansfeld, R.
1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2.
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Olsen, H. et al.
2009. Characterization and quantification of flavonoids and hydroxycinnamic acids in curly kale (
Brassica oleracea
L. convar.
acephala
var.
sabellica
) by HPLC-DAD-ESI-MSn. J. Agric. Food Chem. 57:2816-2825.
Oost, E. H. et al.
1989. Typification of
Brassica oleracea
L. (Cruciferae) and its Linnaean varieties. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 101:339.
Note:
selects neotype
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
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.
259:249-258.
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.
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.
Warwick, S. I. et al.
2006. Brassicaceae: Species checklist and database on CD-Rom.
Pl. Syst. Evol.
259:249-258.
Note:
lists in database
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-.
Flora of China (English edition).
Note:
=
Brassica oleracea
var.
acephala
Common names
English
borecole –
Reference(s)
curled kitchen kale –
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curlies –
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curly kale –
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decorative kale –
Reference(s)
flowering cabbage –
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flowering kale –
Reference(s)
ornamental cabbage –
Reference(s)
ornamental kale –
Reference(s)
Scotch kale –
Reference(s)
Scottish kale –
Reference(s)
French
chou d'aigrette –
Reference(s)
chou frangé –
Reference(s)
chou frisé –
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chou lacinié –
Reference(s)
German
Braunkohl –
Reference(s)
Federkohl –
Reference(s)
Grünkohl –
Reference(s)
Krauskohl –
Reference(s)
Zier-Kohl –
Reference(s)
Italian
cavolo laciniato –
Reference(s)
Spanish
col crespa –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
yu yi gan lan –
Reference(s)
Transliterated Russian
braunkol' –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
2
Cultivated
only cult.
Cultivated
(only cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001.
Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Human food
vegetable
used as a cooked vegetable
Hammer, K. et al.
2013. The wild and the grown - Remarks about the botanical classification of
Brassica
. Acta Hort. 1005:49-59.
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=319629
. Accessed
3 May 2025
.
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