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Taxon:  Brassica oleracea L. var. palmifolia DC. (Brassica oleracea Jersey Kale or Palmtree Kale Group)



Summary
Genus:
Brassica
Family:
Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Brassiceae
Nomen number:
319630
Place of publication:
Syst. nat. 2:584. 1821
Comment:
  • [or Brassica oleracea Jersey Kale or Palmtree Kale Group]
  • actually published as B. oleracea B. acephala ε palmifolia
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. 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
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Reference(s)
  1. Bailey, L. H. 1922. The cultivated Brassicas. Gentes Herbarum 1:76-77.
  2. 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.
  3. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  4. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  5. Hegi, G. et al. 1986. Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa 4(1):445. Note: = cultivariety
  6. Kopsell, D. E. et al. 2005. Variability in elemental accumulations among leafy Brassica oleracea cultivars and selections. J. Pl. Nutr. 27:1813-1826. Note: this study included one USDA accession (that was available as G 30723)
  7. Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2.
  8. McFerson, J. 1994. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
  9. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  10. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  11. Santos, M. R. & J. S. Dias. 2004. Evaluation of a core collection of Brassica oleracea accessions for resistance to white rust of crucifers (Albugo candida) at the cotyledon stage. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 51:713-722.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. Velasco, L. et al. 1998. Variability for the fatty acid composition of the seed oil in a germplasm collection of the genus Brassica. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 45:371-382.
Common names
English
giant Jersey kale –
Jersey kale –
palm kale –
palm-tree kale –
tree kale –
French
chou palmier –
German
italienischer Kohl –
Palmkohl –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    only cult.
Cultivated (only cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2.
Human foodvegetablefide P. Hanelt, pers. comm. 1996Kopsell, D. E. et al. 2005. Variability in elemental accumulations among leafy Brassica oleracea cultivars and selections. J. Pl. Nutr. 27:1813-1826. Note: this study included one USDA accession (that was available as G 30723)
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=319630. Accessed 3 May 2025.