Taxon:  Brassica oleracea L. var. viridis L. (Brassica oleracea Collard Group)



Summary
Genus:
Brassica
Family:
Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Brassiceae
Nomen number:
7679
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:667.  1753
Comment:
[or Brassica oleracea Collard Group]
Verified:
02/07/1990 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
420 (420  active, 378  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. capitata L. (1042 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])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Brassica oleracea L. var. acephala DC.

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Conservation Status
Reference(s)
  1. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963-1968. Flora of Java.
  3. Bailey, L. H. 1922. The cultivated Brassicas. Gentes Herbarum 1:74-77. Note: = Brassica oleracea var. acephala DC.
  4. Bothmer, R. von et al. 1995. Brassica sect. Brassica (Brassicaceae). II. Inter- and intraspecific crosses with cultivars of B. oleracea. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 42:165-178.
  5. Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning
  6. 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.
  7. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
  8. Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
  9. Hammer, K. et al. 2013. The wild and the grown - Remarks about the botanical classification of Brassica. Acta Hort. 1005:49-59.
  10. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  11. Hegi, G. et al. 1986. Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa 4(1):445. Note: ed. 1:1906-1931; ed. 2:1936-68; ed. 3:1966-
  12. Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972-. Atlas florae europaeae. Note: = Brassica oleracea subsp. fruticosa Metzg.
  13. Kianian, S. F. & C. F. Quiros. 1992. Trait inheritance, fertility, and genomic relationships of some n=9 Brassica species. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 39:165-175.
  14. Lamboy, W. F. et al. 1994. Application of isozyme data to the management of the United States national Brassica oleracea L. genetic resources collection. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 41:99-108.
  15. Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2. Note: = Brassica oleracea convar. acephala
  16. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  17. McFerson, J. 1994. In: , pers. comm. Note: re. common names
  18. 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
  19. Oost, E. H. et al. 1989. Typification of Brassica oleracea L. (Cruciferae) and its Linnaean varieties. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 101:333.
  20. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  21. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  22. Snogerup, S. 1980. Chapter 7. The wild forms of the Brassica oleracea group (2n=18) and their possible relations to the cultivated ones. In: Tsunoda, S. et al., Brassica crop and wild allies, biology and breeding. 121-132. Note: Japan Science Press, Tokyo.
  23. 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.
  24. Tanaka, N. et al. 2009. Inheritance of cabbage head formation in crosses of cabbage × ornamental cabbage and cabbage × kale. Pl. Breed. (New York) 128:471-477.
  25. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq.
  26. Warwick, S. I. et al. 2006. Brassicaceae: Species checklist and database on CD-Rom. Pl. Syst. Evol. 259:249-258. Note: lists in database
  27. 2021. UKVGB DB Note: Information take from the UKVGB database on transfer to GG 2021
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English borecole kale 1 2021. UKVGB DB Note: Information take from the UKVGB database on transfer to GG 2021
English collards 1 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English cow cabbage 1 Hegi, G. et al. 1986. Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa 4(1):445. Note: ed. 1:1906-1931; ed. 2:1936-68; ed. 3:1966-
English curly kale 1 2021. UKVGB DB Note: Information take from the UKVGB database on transfer to GG 2021
English fodder kale 1 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
English kale 1 Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
English marrow stem kale 1 2021. UKVGB DB Note: Information take from the UKVGB database on transfer to GG 2021
English perennial kale 1 2021. UKVGB DB Note: Information take from the UKVGB database on transfer to GG 2021
English Portuguese kale 1 Bailey, L. H. 1922. The cultivated Brassicas. Gentes Herbarum 1:74-77. Note: = Brassica oleracea var. acephala DC.
English rape kale 1 2021. UKVGB DB Note: Information take from the UKVGB database on transfer to GG 2021
English spring-heading cabbage 1 McFerson, J. 1994. In: , pers. comm. Note: re. common names
English tall kale 1 Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2. Note: = Brassica oleracea convar. acephala
English tree kale 1 Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2. Note: = Brassica oleracea convar. acephala
English tronchuda cabbage 1 2021. UKVGB DB Note: Information take from the UKVGB database on transfer to GG 2021
French caulet 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
French chou cavalier 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French chou commun 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French chou en arbre 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
French chou fourrager 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
French chou vert 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
German Blätterkohl 2 Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
German Blattkohl 2 Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
German Futterkohl 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German Kuhkohl 2 Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
Spanish berza común 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish col forrajera 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
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    only cult.
Cultivated (only cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2. Note: = Brassica oleracea convar. acephala
Animal foodforageoccasionally grown for fodderHammer, K. et al. 2013. The wild and the grown - Remarks about the botanical classification of Brassica. Acta Hort. 1005:49-59.
Environmentalornamentalas var. "acephala" that probably refers to this varietyTanaka, N. et al. 2009. Inheritance of cabbage head formation in crosses of cabbage × ornamental cabbage and cabbage × kale. Pl. Breed. (New York) 128:471-477.
Human foodvegetableyoung leaves for human consumptionHammer, K. et al. 2013. The wild and the grown - Remarks about the botanical classification of Brassica. Acta Hort. 1005:49-59.
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Vertebrate poisonsmammalsas Brassica oleracea var. acephalaCooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning
Vertebrate poisonsmammalsto livestock, as Brassica oleracea var. acephalaKingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 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=7679. Accessed 21 November 2024.