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Brassica napus L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 666 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000571271.

Literature

Synonyms of Brassica napus L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Sinapis glauca Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 , 3: 118 (1832) wfo-0000432760
Brassica campestris subsp. annua Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg : 437 (1834) wfo-0000570943
Brassica campestris subsp. biennis Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg : 437 (1834) wfo-0000570947
Brassica campestris var. bullatopetsai Makino J. Jap. Bot. 8: 9 1932 — wfo-0000570951
Brassica campestris var. dentatopetsai Makino J. Jap. Bot. 8: 10 1932 — wfo-0000570953
Brassica campestris var. dichotoma Duthie & Fuller Field Garden Crops 2: 29 1882 — wfo-0000570954
Brassica campestris var. glauca (Roxb.) Duthie & Fuller Field Garden Crops 2: 28 1882 — wfo-0000570957
Brassica campestris f. glauca (Roxb.) Prain Agric. Ledger 1: 46 1898 — wfo-0000570958
Brassica campestris f. luteoalba Makino J. Jap. Bot. 8: 10 1932 — wfo-0000570961
Brassica campestris var. napobrassica (L.) Prain Agric. Ledger 1: 46 1898 — wfo-0000570964
Brassica campestris subsp. napus (L.) Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 1: 156 (1872) wfo-0000570965
Brassica campestris var. napus (L.) Bab. Man. Brit. Bot. ed. 8: 31 1881 — wfo-0000570966
Brassica campestris var. nippo-oleifera Makino J. Jap. Bot. 8: 10 1932 — wfo-0000570967
Brassica campestris var. oleifera (Moench) Prain Agric. Ledger 1: 22, 45 1898 — wfo-0000570971
Brassica campestris var. pabularia DC. Syst. Nat. 2: 589 1821 — wfo-0000570973
Brassica campestris var. quadrivalvis (Hook.f. & Thomson) Duthie & Fuller Field Garden Crops 2: 29 1882 — wfo-0000570976
Brassica campestris f. quadrivalvis (Hook.f. & Thomson) Prain Agric. Ledger 1: 46 1898 — wfo-0000570977
Brassica campestris f. simplex Prain Agric. Ledger 1: 46 1898 — wfo-0000570983
Brassica campestris f. spontanea Makino J. Jap. Bot. 8: 20 1932 — wfo-0000570985
Brassica campestris var. trilocularis (Roxb.) Duthie & Fuller Field Garden Crops 2: 28 1882 — wfo-0000570991
Brassica campestris f. trilocularis (Roxb.) Prain Agric. Ledger 1: 46 1898 — wfo-0000570992
Brassica harmsiana O.E.Schulz Pflanzenr. , IV, 105(70): 52 (1919) wfo-0000571147
Brassica napus var. aestiva Endl. Fl. Poson. 395 1830 — wfo-0000571272
Brassica napus f. alba DC. Syst. Nat. 2: 592 1821 — wfo-0000571273
Brassica napus var. annua K.Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv. 1: 55 1835 — wfo-0000571274
Brassica napus var. arabica O.E.Schulz Pflanzenr. IV, 105(70): 43 1919 — wfo-0000571275
Brassica napus var. biennis (Schübl. & Mart.) Rchb. Deutschl. Fl. 1: 107 1838 — wfo-0000571276
Brassica napus var. brevirostris Borbás Math. Term. Közlem. 15: 176 1878 — wfo-0000571277
Brassica napus f. dissecta Peterm. Fl. Lips. Excurs. 492 1838 — wfo-0000571279
Brassica napus f. dolichocarpa O.E.Schulz Pflanzenr. IV, 105(70): 42 1919 — wfo-0000571280
Brassica napus var. edulis Delile Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. 4: 19 1813 — wfo-0000571282
Brassica napus var. esculenta DC. Syst. Nat. 2: 592 1821 — wfo-0000571283
Brassica napus f. flava DC. Syst. Nat. 2: 592 1821 — wfo-0000571284
Brassica napus var. glauca (Roxb.) O.E.Schulz Pflanzenr. IV, 105(70): 43 1919 — wfo-0000571285
Brassica napus var. hiemalis Döll Rhein. Fl. 588 1843 — wfo-0000571286
Brassica napus var. italica Alef. Landw. Fl. 245 1866 — wfo-0000571287
Brassica napus var. leptorhiza Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 6: 367 1838 — wfo-0000571288
Brassica napus f. micrantha O.E.Schulz Pflanzenr. IV, 105(70): 43 1919 — wfo-0000571290
Brassica napus f. nigricans DC. Syst. Nat. 2: 592 1821 — wfo-0000571295
Brassica napus subsp. oleifera (DC.) Metzg. Syst. Beschr. Kohlart. : 40 (1833) wfo-0000571296
Brassica napus var. pabularia (DC.) Rchb. Handb. Gewächsk. ed. 3 2: 1220 1833 wfo-0000571298
Brassica napus var. rossica Alef. Landw. Fl. 245 1866 — wfo-0000571301
Brassica napus f. rubescens Peterm. Fl. Lips. Excurs. 492 1838 — wfo-0000571302
Brassica napus var. rutila Alef. Landw. Fl. 245 1866 — wfo-0000571304
Brassica napus var. sarcorhiza Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 6: 367 1838 — wfo-0000571305
Brassica napus var. schebalinae Bondar. & Pivov. Kul't. Fl. SSSR 18: 40 (1985) wfo-0000571306
Brassica napus var. syntomocarpa O.E.Schulz Pflanzenr. IV, 105(70): 43 1919 — wfo-0000571307
Brassica napus var. trimestris Boenn. Prodr. Fl. Monast. Westphal. 201 1824 — wfo-0000571309
Brassica napus var. ulti (Prain) O.E.Schulz Pflanzenr. IV, 105(70): 42 1919 — wfo-0000571310
Brassica oleracea var. arvensis Duchesne Encycl. 1: 742 1785 — wfo-0000571359
Brassica oleracea var. hongnoensis H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 350 1912 — wfo-0000571399
Brassica oleracea f. praecox Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2: 909 1825 — wfo-0000571435
Brassica praecox Waldst. & Kit. ex DC. Syst. Nat. 2: 593 (1821) wfo-0000571520
Brassica rapa subsp. napus (L.) Briq. – — wfo-0000571585
Brassica sativa subsp. napus (L.) Clavaud Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 35: 292 (1881) wfo-0000571675
Brassica stricta Nestl. ex DC. Syst. Nat. 2: 593 (1821) wfo-0000571723
Braya campestris f. rutabaga DC. Syst. Nat. 2: 589 1821 — wfo-0000571922
Crucifera napus E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. Abbild. , ed. 2, 6: 136 (1902) wfo-0000626927
Brassica campestris subsp. napobrassica (L.) Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg : 437 (1834) wfo-0000743421
Brassica rutabaga H.Lév. Monde Pl. sér. 2, 12: 25. 1910 wfo-0001037627
Brassica carinatua var. saharensis A.Chev. – — wfo-0001217301
Brassica rugosa (Roxb.) L.H.Bailey Cornell Univ. Agric. Exp. Sta. Bull. 67: 191. (1894). — wfo-0001261042
Brassica napus var. napus – – — wfo-0001261709
Brassica napus var. oleifera DC. Syst. Nat. [Candolle] 2: 592. 1821 wfo-0001261710
Brassica napus var. arvensis (Duchesne) Thell. – — wfo-0001261711
Brassica oleracea var. pseudocolza H.Lév. – — wfo-0001261712
Brassica campestris var. napobrassica (L.) Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg : 437 (1834) wfo-0001261713
Brassica napus subsp. napobrassica (L.) Hanelt Feddes Repert. 98(11-12): 554. 1987 wfo-0001261714
Brassica napus var. rapifera Metzg. – — wfo-0001261715
Brassica campestris var. annua Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Wurtemberg (ed. 1) 437. 1834 wfo-0001408734
Brassica campestris var. biennis Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Wurtemberg (ed. 1) 437. 1834 wfo-0001408735

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