Taxon:  Brassica oleracea L. var. botrytis L. (Brassica oleracea Cauliflower Group)



Summary
Genus:
Brassica
Family:
Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Brassiceae
Nomen number:
7671
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:667.  1753
Comment:
[or Brassica oleracea Cauliflower Group]
Verified:
05/08/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
133 (113  active, 98  available) in Nordic Baltic Genebanks.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Brassica oleracea L. (15 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. alboglabra (L. H. Bailey) Musil (0 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata L. (194 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. costata DC. (0 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. gemmifera DC. (14 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. gongylodes L. (4 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. italica Plenck (5 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. medullosa Thell. (7 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. sabauda L. (10 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. sabellica L. (19 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. viridis L. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English cauliflower 1 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French chou brocoli 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French chou fleur as B. oleracea 2 Demilly, D. et al. 1996. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 6. Note: = Brassica oleracea
French chou fleur d'hiver 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
German Blumenkohl 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German Kopfbrokkoli 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Italian cavolfiore as B. oleracea convar. botrytis 2 Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia. Note: = Brassica oleracea convar. botrytis
Italian cavolo fiore 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Japanese Rōmaji hana-yasai 2 Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Japanese Rōmaji karifurawā 2 Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Portuguese couve-flor 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish coliflor 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Transcribed Chinese hua ye cai 2 Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transliterated Russian kapusta cvetnaja 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 foodvegetable Gray, A. R. 1982. Taxonomy and evolution of broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica). Econ. Bot. 36:398.
Human foodvegetable Gray, A. R. 1989. Taxonomy and evolution of broccolis and cauliflowers. Baileya 23:28-46.
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://nordic-baltic-genebanks.org/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=7671. Accessed 21 November 2024.