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Taxon:  Brassica napus L. subsp. napus



Summary
Genus:
Brassica
Family:
Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Brassiceae
Nomen number:
311781
Comment:
[or B. napus Oil Rape Group]
Verified:
02/10/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Brassica napus L. (13 active accession[s])
Brassica napus L. subsp. napus f. annua (Schubl. & G. Martens) Thell. (0 active accession[s])
Brassica napus L. subsp. napus f. napus (0 active accession[s])
Brassica napus L. subsp. napus var. pabularia (DC.) Alef. (0 active accession[s])
Brassica napus L. subsp. rapifera Metzg. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Brassica campestris L. subsp. napus (L.) Hook. f. & T. Anderson

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Brassica napus L. subsp. oleifera (Delile) Sinskaya
Brassica napus L. var. oleifera Delile
Brassica napus L. var. sahariensis A. Chev.
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Reference(s)
  1. Cheng, B. F. et al. 2001. Low glucosinolate Brassica juncea breeding line revealed to be nullisomic. Genome 44:738. Note: cites B. napus as one source of oilseed Brassica crops in Canada
  2. Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. 1998 Note: poisonous
  3. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
  4. Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
  5. Everest, S. L. Poisonous plants of Australia. 1981 Note: poisonous
  6. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
  7. Hasan, M. et al. 2006. Analysis of genetic diversity in the Brassica napus L. gene pool using SSR markers. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 53:793-802. http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10722
  8. Heenan, P. B. et al. 2007. Experimental hybridisation of Brassica species in New Zealand. New Zealand J. Bot. 45:53-66.
  9. Hegi, G. et al. 1986. Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa. ed. 1:1906-1931; ed. 2:1936-68; ed. 3:1966- 4(1):462.
  10. International Seed Testing Association. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2. 1982
  11. Iwatsuki, K. et al. Flora of Japan. 1993-
  12. Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964 Note: poisonous
  13. Kunakh, V. A. et al. 2008. Mixoploidy in wild and cultivated species of Cruciferae capable of hybridizing with rapeseed Brassica napus. Cytol. & Genet. 42:204-209. Note: Translation of: Tsitologiya i genetika. Kiev
  14. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  15. Mansfeld, R. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2. 1959
  16. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  17. McFerson, J. 1994. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
  18. Musil, A. F. 1948. Distinguishing species of Brassica by their seeds. Misc. Publ. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 643:1-35.
  19. Pignatti, S. Flora d'Italia. 1982
  20. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  21. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  22. Rosenthal, E. 2007. With measure of caution, Europe joins biofuel gold rush. Note: re. potential use as fuel substitute
  23. Rygulla, W. et al. 2007. Broadening the genetic basis of Verticillium longisporum resistance in Brassica napus by interspecific hybridization. Phytopathology 97:1391-1396.
  24. Snowdon, R. et al. Oilseed crops. Chapter 7. Brassica oilseeds. Genetic resources, chromosome engineering, and crop improvement. 2005- 4:195-230. Note: CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton - London - New York
  25. Warwick, S. I. et al. 2006. Brassicaceae: Species checklist and database on CD-Rom. Pl. Syst. Evol. 259:249-258. Note: lists as B. napus subsp. napus
  26. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
  27. Federal Seed Act and Regulations, Agricultural and Vegetable Kind Lists, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch. 1998 http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/ams.fetchTemplateData.do?template=TemplateI&navID=Publications&rightNav1=Publications&topNav=&leftNav=FairTradingRegulations&page=SeedTestingPublications&resultType=&acct=lsgeninfo
Common names
English
Argentine canola –
canola –
colza –
oilseed rape –
rape –
French
navette –
German
Raps –
Italian
colza –
ravizzone –
Japanese Rōmaji
seiyō-aburana –
Spanish
nabina –
nabo –
Transcribed Chinese
ou zhou you cai –
Transliterated Russian
kol'za –
Distribution
Cultivated (widely cult., especially in temperate regions)
Economic Uses
Animal food
Fuels
potential as petroleum substitute/alcohol (fide http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/28/business/biofuels.php,) –
Human food
oil/fat (fide Hortus 3) –
Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2) –
Vertebrate poisons
mammals (to livestock fide Kingsbury; Cooper & Johnson ed2; Everist) –


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