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Taxon:  Brassica rapa L. subsp. chinensis (L.) Hanelt var. parachinensis (L. H. Bailey) Hanelt (Brassica rapa Caisin Group)



Summary
Genus:
Brassica
Family:
Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Brassiceae
Nomen number:
319637
Place of publication:
Feddes Repert. 98:554. 1987
Comment:
  • [or Brassica rapa Caisin Group]
  • Hanelt's combination was validly published according to Shenzhen ICN 41.5
Verified:
06/03/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Brassica rapa L. (0 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. f. rapa (0 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. chinensis (L.) 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 parachinensis L. H. Bailey

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Reference(s)
  1. Bailey, L. H. 1930. The cultivated Brassicas; second paper. Gentes Herbarum 2:255-256.
  2. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
  3. Gladis, T. & K. Hammer. 1992. Die Gaterslebener Brassica - Kollektion - Brassica juncea, B. napus, B. nigra und B. rapa. Feddes Repert. 103:469-507. Note: = Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis var. chinensis
  4. Hammer, K. & T. Gladis. 2014. Notes on infraspecific nomenclature and classifications of cultivated plants in Compositae, Cruciferae, Cucurbitaceae, Gramineae (with a remark on Triticum dicoccon Schrank) and Leguminosae. . Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 61:1455-1467. Note: this taxon is cultivated in China for its young inflorescences; the authors proposed a new combination but Hanelt's name complies with the ICN
  5. Hammer, K. et al. 2013. The wild and the grown - remarks about the botanical classification of Brassica. Acta Hort. 1005:49-59. Note: the authors proposed a new combination but it does not comply with the ICN
  6. Hammer, K. et al. 2013. The wild and the grown - remarks on Brassica. Int. J. AgriSci. 3:453-480. Note: the authors proposed a new combination but it does not comply with the ICN
  7. Hanelt, P. & K. Hammer. 1987. Einige infraspezifische Umkombinationen und Neubeschreibungen bei Kultursippen von Brassica L. und Papaver L. Feddes Repert. 98:553-555.
  8. Herklots, G. A. C. 1972. Vegetables in South-East Asia. Vegetables in south-east Asia. George Allen & Unwin., London, England. 208-209. Note: = Brassica chinensis var. parachinensis (Bailey) Tsen & Lee, an annual or biennial plant, and recognized as flowering white cabbage
  9. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  10. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  11. Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:123. Note: = Brassica rapa Caisin Group
  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. Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
  15. Warwick, S. I. et al. 2006. Brassicaceae: Species checklist and database on CD-Rom. Pl. Syst. Evol. 259:249-258. Note: = Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis in database
  16. 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.
  17. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Brassica rapa var. chinensis (L.) Kitam.
  18. Zhao, J. et al. 2005. Genetic relationships within Brassica rapa as inferred from AFLP fingerprints. Theor. Appl. Genet. 110:1301-1314.
Common names
English
caisin –
choisum –
false pak-choi –
flowering white cabbage –
mock pak-choi –
German
Choisum –
Tsoi-sum –
Indonesian
sawi hijau –
sawi kembang –
Malay
sawi bunga –
Transcribed Chinese
cai xin –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    also cult. elsewhere
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
Cultivated

  • REGION:
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodvegetable Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:123. Note: = Brassica rapa Caisin Group
Human foodvegetablesprouts and leavesHammer, K. & T. Gladis. 2014. Notes on infraspecific nomenclature and classifications of cultivated plants in Compositae, Cruciferae, Cucurbitaceae, Gramineae (with a remark on Triticum dicoccon Schrank) and Leguminosae. . Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 61:1455-1467. Note: this taxon is cultivated in China for its young inflorescences; the authors proposed a new combination but Hanelt's name complies with the ICN
Human foodvegetableused cookedHerklots, G. A. C. 1972. Vegetables in South-East Asia. Vegetables in south-east Asia. George Allen & Unwin., London, England. 208-209. Note: = Brassica chinensis var. parachinensis (Bailey) Tsen & Lee, an annual or biennial plant, and recognized as flowering white cabbage
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=319637. Accessed 29 April 2025.