Taxon:  Brassica napus L. subsp. rapifera Metzg. (Brassica napus Rutabaga Group)



Summary
Genus:
Brassica
Family:
Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Brassiceae
Nomen number:
319659
Place of publication:
Trudy Prikl. Bot. 19:262.  1928
Comment:
  • [or Brassica napus Rutabaga Group]
  • derived from B. oleracea × B. napus
  • this name has priority over subsp. napobrassica at subspecies rank
  • also cited as published in Syst. Beschr. Kohlart. 46. 1833
Verified:
02/09/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
245 (245  active, 224  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Brassica napus L. (102 active accession[s])
Brassica napus L. subsp. napus (28 active accession[s])
Brassica napus L. subsp. napus f. annua (Schübl. & G. Martens) Thell. (0 active accession[s])
Brassica napus L. subsp. napus f. napus (80 active accession[s])
Brassica napus L. subsp. napus var. pabularia (DC.) Alef. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Brassica campestris L. subsp. napobrassica (L.) Schübl. & G. Martens
Brassica napobrassica (L.) Mill.
Brassica napus L. subsp. napobrassica (L.) Jafri
Brassica napus L. subsp. rapifera Metzg. ex Sinskaya
Brassica napus L. var. napobrassica (L.) Döll
Brassica oleracea L. var. napobrassica L.

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Conservation Status
Reference(s)
  1. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. Bus, A. et al. 2011. Patterns of molecular variation in a species-wide germplasm set of Brassica napus. Theor. Appl. Genet. 123:1413-1423.
  3. Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning
  4. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1253. Note: lists as Brassica napus subsp. rapifera (Metzg.) Sinskaya
  5. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: = Brassica napus
  6. Everest, S. L. 1981. Poisonous plants of Australia.
  7. Hammer, K. et al. 2013. The wild and the grown - remarks on Brassica. Int. J. AgriSci. 3:453-480. Note: grown mainly as root vegetable
  8. Hanelt, P. & K. Hammer. 1987. Einige infraspezifische Umkombinationen und Neubeschreibungen bei Kultursippen von Brassica L. und Papaver L. Feddes Repert. 98:554. Note: = Brassica napus subsp. napobrassica (L.) Hanelt
  9. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Brassica napus subsp. napobrassica (L.) Hanelt
  10. Hegi, G. et al. 1986. Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa 4(2):463. Note: = Brassica napus var. napobrassica (L.) Rchb.
  11. Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada.
  12. Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2. Note: lists as Brassica napus var. rapifera Metzg.; = B. napus var. napobrassica (L.) Rchb.
  13. Prakash, S. & K. Hinata. 1980. Taxonomy, cytogenetics and origin of crop brassicas, a review. Opera Bot. 55:16. Note: lists as Brassica napus subsp. rapifera (Metzg.) Sinskaya
  14. Ramsay, L. D. et al. 2001. The inheritance of quantitative traits in Brassica napus ssp. rapifera (swedes): Augmented triple test cross analyses of production characters. Euphytica 121:65-72. Note: Netherlands journal of plant breeding
  15. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: mentions
  16. Warwick, S. I. et al. 2006. Brassicaceae: Species checklist and database on CD-Rom. Pl. Syst. Evol. 259:249-258. Note: lists in database as Brassica napus subsp. rapifera "Metzg. ex Sinskaya"
  17. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Brassica napus var. rapifera Metzg.; = B. napus var. napobrassica (L.) Rchb.
  18. 1922. Gentes Herbarum 1:81.
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English rutabaga 1 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English swede as B. napus var. napobrassica 1 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English Swedish turnip as B. napus Napobrassica Group 1 Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: = Brassica napus Napobrassica Group
Chinese man jing gan lan 蔓菁甘蓝 as Brassica napus var. napobrassica 2 Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
French chou-navet as B. napus var. napobrassica 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French navet de Suède as B. napus var. napobrassica 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German Kohlrübe as B. napus var. napobrassica 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German Steckrübe as B. napus var. napobrassica 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German Wruke as B. napus var. napobrassica 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian navone as B. napus var. napobrassica 2 Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia.
Japanese Rōmaji rutabaga as B. napus var. napobrassica 2 Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Japanese Rōmaji suwhēden-kabu as B. napus var. napobrassica 2 Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Portuguese nabo as B. napus var. napobrassica 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish colinabo as B. napus var. napobrassica 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish nabo as B. napus var. napobrassica 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Transcribed Chinese man jing gan lan as B. napus var. napobrassica 2 Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    widely cult., especially in temperate regions
Cultivated (widely cult., especially in temperate regions)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforagefor cattle and sheepRamsay, L. D. et al. 2001. The inheritance of quantitative traits in Brassica napus ssp. rapifera (swedes): Augmented triple test cross analyses of production characters. Euphytica 121:65-72. Note: Netherlands journal of plant breeding
Human foodvegetable Hammer, K. et al. 2013. The wild and the grown - remarks on Brassica. Int. J. AgriSci. 3:453-480. Note: grown mainly as root vegetable
Human foodvegetableas Brassica napobrassica1922. Gentes Herbarum 1:81.
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.
Vertebrate poisonsmammalsto livestockKingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada.
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=319659. Accessed 12 February 2026.