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Taxon:
Brassica rapa
L. subsp.
trilocularis
(Roxb.) Hanelt (
Brassica rapa
Yellow Sarson Group)
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Brassica
Family:
Brassicaceae
(alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Brassiceae
Nomen number:
319639
Place of publication:
R. Mansfeld, Verz. Landwirtsch. u. Gartn. Kulturpfl., Auf. 2, ed. J. Schultze-Motel, 1:302. 1986
Comment:
[or
Brassica rapa
Yellow Sarson Group]
Verified:
06/05/2010
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.
parachinensis
(L. H. Bailey) 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. var.
rapa
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Sinapis trilocularis
Roxb.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Brassica rapa
L. var.
trilocularis
(Roxb.) Kitam.
Brassica trilocularis
(Roxb.) Hook. f. & Thomson
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Brassica campestris
L. subsp.
trilocularis
(Roxb.) G. Olsson
Brassica campestris
L. var.
sarson
Prain
Brassica napus
L. var.
glauca
(Roxb.) O. E. Schulz
Brassica napus
L. var.
trilocularis
(Roxb.) O. E. Schulz
Brassica rapa
L. subsp.
sarson
(Prain) Denford
Sinapis glauca
Roxb.
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Reference(s)
Chen, B.-Y. & W. K. Heneen.
1989. Resynthesized
Brassica napus
L.: A review of its potential in breeding and genetic analysis. Hereditas (Beijing) 111:255-263.
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India.
1948-1976. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials.
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Hammer, K. et al.
2013. The wild and the grown - remarks on
Brassica
. Int. J. AgriSci. 3:453-480.
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001.
Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Inomata, N.
1993. Crossability and cytology of hybrid progenies in the cross between
Brassica campestris
and three wild relatives of
B. oleracea
,
B. bourgeaui
,
B. cretica
and
B. montana
. Euphytica 69:7-17.
Note:
Netherlands journal of plant breeding
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Prakash, S. & K. Hinata.
1980. Taxonomy, cytogenetics and origin of crop brassicas, a review. Opera Bot. 55:1-57.
Note:
as
Brassica campestris
var.
sarson
Rana, D. et al.
2004. Conservation of the microstructure of genome segments in
Brassica napus
and its diploid relatives.
Plant J.
40:725-733.
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.
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.
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.
Zhao, J. et al.
2005. Genetic relationships within
Brassica rapa
as inferred from AFLP fingerprints.
Theor. Appl. Genet.
110:1301-1314.
Common names
English
Indian colza –
Reference(s)
yellow sarson –
Reference(s)
German
indischer Rübsen –
Reference(s)
India (Bengali)
sarisan –
Reference(s)
India (Hindi)
sarson –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
2
Cultivated
cult. in temperate regions
6
Other
probable origin India
Cultivated
(cult. in temperate regions)
Other
(probable origin India)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
oil/fat
as
Brassica campestris
var.
sarson
Prakash, S. & K. Hinata.
1980. Taxonomy, cytogenetics and origin of crop brassicas, a review. Opera Bot. 55:1-57.
Note:
as
Brassica campestris
var.
sarson
Human food
oil/fat
especially in India, as
Brassica rapa
var.
sarson
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India.
1948-1976. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials.
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=319639
. Accessed
29 April 2025
.
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References