Taxon:  Brassica oleracea L. var. sabauda L. (Brassica oleracea Savoy Cabbage Group)



Summary
Genus:
Brassica
Family:
Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Brassiceae
Nomen number:
311416
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:667.  1753
Comment:
[or Brassica oleracea Savoy Cabbage Group]
Verified:
05/08/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
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. (938 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata L. (1043 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. 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. sabauda (L.) Schübl. & G. Martens

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Brassica oleracea L. var. bullata DC., pro parte majore

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Conservation Status
Reference(s)
  1. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. 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.
  3. 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
  4. Dias, J. S. et al. 1993. Numerical taxonomy of Portuguese Tronchuda cabbage and Galega kale landraces using morphological characters. Euphytica 69:51-68. Note: Netherlands journal of plant breeding
  5. Dias, J. S. et al. 1994. Genetic diversity and taxonomy of Portuguese Tronchuda cabbage and Galega kale landraces using isozyme analysis. Euphytica 75:221-230. Note: Netherlands journal of plant breeding
  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. Divaret, I. et al. 1999. RAPD markers on seed bulks efficiently assess the genetic diversity of a Brassica oleracea L. collection. Theor. Appl. Genet. 98:1029-1035.
  8. Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
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  10. International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
  11. Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972-. Atlas florae europaeae. Note: = Brassica oleracea subsp. capitata (L.) Schübl. & Martens
  12. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
  13. Louarn, S. et al. 2007. Database derived microsatellite markers (SSRs) for cultivar differentiation in Brassica oleracea. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 54:1717-1725.
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  17. 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
  18. Oost, E. H. et al. 1989. Typification of Brassica oleracea L. (Cruciferae) and its Linnaean varieties. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 101:334.
  19. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  20. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
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Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English Savoy cabbage 1 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Danish savojkaal 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Dutch savooiekool 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
French chou cloqué 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French chou de Milan 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 de Savoie 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French chou frisé 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French chou pommé frisé 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
German Welschkohl 2 Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
German Wirsing 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian cavolo di Milano 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Italian cavolo verza 2 International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Italian cavolo verzetto 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Japanese Rōmaji saboi-kyabetsu 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Portuguese couve-crespa 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese couve-de-Sabóia 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese couve-do-Algarve 2 Dias, J. S. et al. 1993. Numerical taxonomy of Portuguese Tronchuda cabbage and Galega kale landraces using morphological characters. Euphytica 69:51-68. Note: Netherlands journal of plant breeding
Portuguese couve-repolho 2 Dias, J. S. et al. 1994. Genetic diversity and taxonomy of Portuguese Tronchuda cabbage and Galega kale landraces using isozyme analysis. Euphytica 75:221-230. Note: this study examined allozyme variation among 31 accessions of Portuguese kale landraces, and 17 accessions representing non-Portuguese landraces, other members of the Brassica oleracea complex and B. rapa; B. oleracea var. sabauda was represented by one Portuguese accession; a phenogram resolved six main groups, and the accession of sabauda was resolved in one cluster of mostly accesions of var. costata; they concluded that the techinique employed did not allow subspecific discrimination
Spanish col de Milán 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish col de Saboya 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish col lombarda 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Transliterated Russian kapusta savojskaja 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 foodvegetableas "Savoy cabbage"Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Human foodvegetablecompact leaves forming headsSnogerup, 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.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grin-global.warwick.ac.uk/gringlobal/taxonomydetail?id=311416. Accessed 12 February 2026.