Brassicaceae Burnett
Brassica rapa var. sylvestris Purchas & Ley , nom. illeg., scientific
Purchas, W.H. & Ley, A. (1889), A flora of Herefordshire: 20 [tax. nov.]
  • Comment: nom. illeg., fide Germplasm Resource Information Network (GRIN) (https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=105435): "since a description or diagnosis was not provided by Purchas & Ley, this variety is solely based on the cited "Brassica polymorpha, subspecies campestris, of Eng. Bot., Ed. iii", which itself is based on B. campestris L. It cannot be considered to be based on B. asperifolia var. sylvestris Lam. (Encycl. 1:746. 1785), as assumed by Thellung (in Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 4(1):259. 1918), since Lamarck excluded the Linnaean type from his taxon by including it elsewhere (B. perfoliata var. lutea Lam. p. 748) and the two names cannot be homotypic. Since the autonym B. campestris var. campestris already existed (at least since 1854 in Hartman, Handb. Skand. fl. ed. 6:110) and should have been adopted at this rank, var. sylvestris is illegitimate (Melbourne ICN Art. 52). No description or diagnosis or reference to one was provided by Briggs in 1880."
Jessup, L.W. (2003), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 1 Changes to names or status of taxa: - [secondary reference]
  • Comment: Cited as Brassica rapa subsp. sylvestris and noted as "the only subspecies in SE Qld".
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Brassica rapa L. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Brassica rapa L. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Brassica rapa L. legitimate