Taxon:  Brassica rapa L. subsp. narinosa (L. H. Bailey) Hanelt (Brassica rapa Taasai Group)



Summary
Genus:
Brassica
Family:
Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Brassiceae
Nomen number:
319635
Place of publication:
R. Mansfeld, Verz. Landwirtsch. u. Gartn. Kulturpfl., Auf. 2, ed. J. Schultze-Motel, 1:305.  1986
Comment:
[or Brassica rapa Taatsai Group]
Verified:
06/04/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 1  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Brassica rapa L. (21 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. f. rapa (0 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. chinensis (L.) Hanelt (69 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. chinensis (L.) Hanelt var. parachinensis (L. H. Bailey) Hanelt (6 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. chinensis (L.) Hanelt var. purpuraria (L. H. Bailey) Kitam. (1 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. nipposinica (L. H. Bailey) Hanelt (2 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. nipposinica (L. H. Bailey) Hanelt var. perviridis L. H. Bailey (1 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. oleifera (DC.) Metzg. (7 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 (81 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. pekinensis (Lour.) Hanelt (61 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 (460 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Brassica narinosa L. H. Bailey

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Brassica rapa L. var. narinosa (L. H. Bailey) Kitam.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. Artemyeva, A. M. & A. E. Solovyeva. 2006. Quality evaluation of some cultivar types of leafy Brassica rapa. Acta Hort. 706:121-128.
  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. rosularis
  4. Hammer, K. et al. 2013. The wild and the grwon - Remarks about the botanical classification of Brassica. Acta Hort. 1005:49-59. Note: = Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis
  5. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis (L.) Hanelt
  6. Kartika, K. et al. 2021. Effect of the cultivation systems and split fertilizer applications on the growth and yields of tatsoi (Brassica rapa subsp. narinosa). Trends Sci. 18:344. DOI: 10.48048/tis.2021.344. Note: = Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis
  7. Kitamura, S. 1950. The cultivated brassicae of China and Japan. Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 19:80.
  8. Lee, S.-H. 1982. Vegetable crops growing in China. Sci. Hort. 17:201-209. Note: = Brassica pekinensis Rupr. var. rosularis
  9. Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2.
  10. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  11. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  12. Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:121. Note: = Brassica rapa Taatsai Group
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  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
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English broad-beak mustard as B. narinosa 1 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English Chinese flat cabbage 1 Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
English Chinese savoy as B. narinosa 1 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English tatsoi 1 Artemyeva, A. M. & A. E. Solovyeva. 2006. Quality evaluation of some cultivar types of leafy Brassica rapa. Acta Hort. 706:121-128.
Japanese Rōmaji kisaragina 2 Kitamura, S. 1950. The cultivated brassicae of China and Japan. Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 19:80.
Japanese Rōmaji tāsai 2 Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Transcribed Chinese ta ke cai 2 Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Transcribed Chinese wu ta cai 2 Zhao, J. et al. 2005. Genetic relationships within Brassica rapa as inferred from AFLP fingerprints. Theor. Appl. Genet. 110:1301-1314.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodvegetable Artemyeva, A. M. & A. E. Solovyeva. 2006. Quality evaluation of some cultivar types of leafy Brassica rapa. Acta Hort. 706:121-128.
Human foodvegetablein ChinaLee, S.-H. 1982. Vegetable crops growing in China. Sci. Hort. 17:201-209. Note: = Brassica pekinensis Rupr. var. rosularis
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://grin-global.warwick.ac.uk/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=319635. Accessed 31 March 2025.