Brassicaceae Burnett
Brassica rapa L.
, legitimate, scientific
[Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2]:
666
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
"Habitat in arvis Angliae, Belgii. ♂"
[Hartley, W. (1953), Standardized Plant Names: a revised list of standard common names for the more important Australian grasses, other pasture plants, and weeds. Bulletin (CSIRO) 272]:
17
[secondary reference]
[Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1]:
40
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica campestris L.
legitimate
common name:
Turnip
[n/a]
[Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains]:
141
[secondary reference]
common name:
Wild Turnip
[n/a]
common name:
Bird Rape
[n/a]
[Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1]:
34, Fig. 10D, 11A
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica campestris L.
legitimate
common name:
Turnip
[n/a]
[Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales]:
91
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica campestris L.
legitimate
[Hewson, H.J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (9 December 1982), Brassicaceae. Flora of Australia 8]:
238, fig. 46A, map 263
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica campestris L.
legitimate
[Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Brassicaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1]:
205, 207, Fig. 31D
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica campestris L.
legitimate
common name:
Bird Rape
[n/a]
[Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2]:
79
[secondary reference]
[Oost, E.H., Brandenburg, W.A., Reuling, G.T.M. & Jarvis, C.E. (1987), Lectotypification of Brassica rapa L., B. campestris L. and neotypification of B. chinensis L. (Cruciferae). Taxon 36]:
625-626
[secondary reference]
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Lectotype:
"We hereby designate the plate "Rapum", Matthiolus (1586, p. 219) as the lectotype of Brassica rapa L."
[Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Brassicaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1]:
161
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica campestris L.
legitimate
common name:
Turnip
[n/a]
[Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Flora of Victoria 3]:
403-404, fig. 82g
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica campestris L.
legitimate
common name:
Wild Turnip
[n/a]
common name:
Rapeseed
[n/a]
common name:
White Turnip
[n/a]
common name:
Turnip
[n/a]
[Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2]:
536
[secondary reference]
common name:
Turnip
[n/a]
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census]:
-
[secondary reference]
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Subspecies within Brassica rapa are recognised in NSW, Qld and SA only. According to S. Snogerup (pers. comm. 2006) "...the cultivated forms, including subsp. rapa (turnip), subsp. oleifera (turnip rape) and subsp. chinensis (salad kale) are freely interbreeding with each other and the wild weedy subsp. campestris. Ruderal specimens are often not clearly referable to any of the subspecies and often very difficult to separate from B. x napus."
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APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census]:
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[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Brassica rapa L. subsp. rapa
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica campestris L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica chinensis L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica asperifolia Lam.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica rapa c. oleifera DC.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica rapa subsp. oleifera (DC.) Metzg.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica rapa var. sylvestris Briggs
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica rapa var. sylvestris Purchas & Ley
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica rapa subsp. campestris (L.) A.R.Clapham
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica rapa subsp. silvestris Janch.
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis (L.) Hanelt
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica rapa subsp. oleifolia W.R.Barker, R.M.Barker, Jessop & Vonow
orth. var.
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APC Comment:
Brassica rapa subsp. campestris is recognised as a distinct taxon in Qld and NSW, and Brassica rapa subsp. oleifera and B. rapa subsp. rapa are recognised as distinct in SA. According to S.Snogerup (pers. comm. 2006) "...the cultivated forms, including subsp. rapa (turnip), subsp. oleifera (turnip rape) and subsp. chinensis (salad kale) are freely interbreeding with each other and the wild weedy subsp. campestris. Ruderal specimens are often not clearly referable to any of the subspecies and often very difficult to separate from B. ×napus." See GRIN (http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?105435) for a discussion of the name Brassica rapa var. sylvestris Purchas & Ley.
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APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
[de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island]:
25
[secondary reference]
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census]:
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Brassica rapa L. subsp. rapa
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica campestris L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica chinensis L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica asperifolia Lam.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica rapa c. oleifera DC.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica rapa subsp. oleifera (DC.) Metzg.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica rapa var. sylvestris Briggs
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica rapa var. sylvestris Purchas & Ley
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica rapa subsp. campestris (L.) A.R.Clapham
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica rapa subsp. silvestris Janch.
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica rapa subsp. silvestris S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Pickard
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica rapa subsp. sylvestris G.M.Cunn., W.E.Mulham, P.L.Milthorpe & J.H.Leigh
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis (L.) Hanelt
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica rapa subsp. sylvestris Retter & G.J.Harden
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica rapa subsp. sylvestris Retter & G.J.Harden
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica rapa subsp. sylvestris Jessup
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica rapa subsp. oleifolia W.R.Barker, R.M.Barker, Jessop & Vonow
orth. var.
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APC Comment:
Brassica rapa subsp. campestris is recognised as a distinct taxon in Qld and NSW, and Brassica rapa subsp. rapa are recognised as distinct in SA. According to S.Snogerup (pers. comm. 2006) "...the cultivated forms, including subsp. rapa (turnip), subsp. oleifera (turnip rape) and subsp. chinensis (salad kale) are freely interbreeding with each other and the wild weedy subsp. campestris. Ruderal specimens are often not clearly referable to any of the subspecies and often very difficult to separate from B. ×napus."
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APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census]:
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APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Brassica rapa L. subsp. rapa
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica campestris L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica chinensis L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica asperifolia Lam.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica rapa c. oleifera DC.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica rapa subsp. oleifera (DC.) Metzg.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica rapa var. sylvestris Briggs
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica rapa var. sylvestris Purchas & Ley
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica rapa subsp. campestris (L.) A.R.Clapham
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica rapa subsp. silvestris Janch.
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica rapa subsp. silvestris S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Pickard
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica rapa subsp. sylvestris G.M.Cunn., W.E.Mulham, P.L.Milthorpe & J.H.Leigh
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica rapa subsp. sylvestris M.Gray & P.W.Michael
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis (L.) Hanelt
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica rapa subsp. sylvestris Retter & G.J.Harden
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica rapa subsp. sylvestris Retter & G.J.Harden
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica rapa subsp. sylvestris Jessup
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Brassica rapa subsp. oleifolia W.R.Barker, R.M.Barker, Jessop & Vonow
orth. var.
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APC Comment:
Brassica rapa subsp. campestris is recognised as a distinct taxon in Qld, and Brassica rapa subsp. rapa is recognised as distinct in SA. According to S.Snogerup (pers. comm. 2006) "...the cultivated forms, including subsp. rapa (turnip), subsp. oleifera (turnip rape) and subsp. chinensis (salad kale) are freely interbreeding with each other and the wild weedy subsp. campestris. Ruderal specimens are often not clearly referable to any of the subspecies and often very difficult to separate from B. ×napus."
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APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)