Taxon:  Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata L. (Brassica oleracea Red Cabbage and White/Green Cabbage Groups)



Summary
Genus:
Brassica
Family:
Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Brassiceae
Nomen number:
7672
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:667.  1753
Comment:
[or Brassica oleracea Red Cabbage and White/Green Cabbage Groups]
Verified:
05/08/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1042 (1042  active, 796  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Brassica oleracea L. (64 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. alboglabra (L. H. Bailey) Musil (23 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. botrytis L. (939 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. costata DC. (80 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. gemmifera DC. (996 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. gongylodes L. (54 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. italica Plenck (381 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. medullosa Thell. (0 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. oleracea (1 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. sabellica L. (0 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. viridis L. (420 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Brassica oleracea L. subsp. capitata (L.) Schübl. & G. Martens

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Brassica oleracea L. f. alba DC.
Brassica oleracea L. var. conica DC.
Brassica oleracea L. var. rubra L.

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Conservation Status
Reference(s)
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Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English cabbage 1 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English collards 1 2021. UKVGB DB Note: Information take from the UKVGB database on transfer to GG 2021
English red cabbage 1 McFerson, J. 1994. In: , pers. comm. Note: re. common names
English Shetland cabbage 1 Coelho, P. S. & A. A. Monteiro. 2003. Expression of resistance to downy mildew at cotyledon and adult plant stages in Brassica oleracea L. Euphytica 133:279-284. Note: Netherlands journal of plant breeding
English white cabbage 1 McFerson, J. 1994. In: , pers. comm. Note: re. common names
Chinese gan lan 甘蓝 2 Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Danish hovedkaal 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
French chou cabus 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French chou pommé 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French chou rouge 2 Office of the Union. 2009. UPOV: International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. List of the taxa protected by the members of the Union
German Blaukraut 2 Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1253.
German Rotkohl 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German Weißkohl 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian cavolo cappuccio 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Italian cavolo cappuccio bianco 2 International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Italian cavolo cappuccio rosso 2 International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Italian cavolo cappucio conico 2 International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmaji kyabetsu 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Portuguese couve-repolho 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Portuguese repolho 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish col 2 Soukup, J. 1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana.
Spanish col repollo 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Spanish lombarda 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish repollo 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Transcribed Chinese gan lan 2 Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transliterated Russian kočanaja kapusta 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    only cult.
Cultivated (only cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodvegetable Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2.
Human foodvegetable Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Medicinespotential as delivery systemfor expressing vaccines and pharmaceuticals in an edible formLiu, C.-W. et al. 2008. Expression of a Bacillus thuringiensis toxin (cry1Ab) gene in cabbage (Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata L.) chloroplasts confers high insecticidal efficacy against Plutella xylostella. Theor. Appl. Genet. 117:75-88.
Vertebrate poisonsmammalsto livestockKingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. Note: poisonous
Vertebrate poisonsmammalsto livestockCooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning Note: poisonous
Vertebrate poisonsmammalsto livestockEverest, S. L. 1981. Poisonous plants of Australia. Note: poisonous
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grin-global.warwick.ac.uk/gringlobal/taxonomydetail?id=7672. Accessed 21 November 2024.