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Taxon:  Brassica rapa L. subsp. dichotoma (Roxb.) Hanelt



Summary
Genus:
Brassica
Family:
Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Brassiceae
Nomen number:
319638
Place of publication:
R. Mansfeld, Verz. Landwirtsch. u. Gartn. Kulturpfl., Auf. 2, ed. J. Schultze-Motel, 1:302. 1986
Comment:
[or B. rapa Tori Group]
Verified:
06/03/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Brassica rapa L. (13 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. chinensis (L.) Hanelt (0 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. chinensis (L.) Hanelt var. parachinensis (L. H. Bailey) Hanelt (0 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. chinensis (L.) Hanelt var. purpuraria (L. H. Bailey) Kitam. (0 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. japonica Shebalina (0 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. narinosa (L. H. Bailey) Hanelt (0 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. nipposinica (L. H. Bailey) Hanelt (0 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. nipposinica (L. H. Bailey) Hanelt var. perviridis L. H. Bailey (0 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. oleifera (DC.) Metzg. (1 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. oleifera (DC.) Metzg. f. annua (Metzg.) Thell. (0 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. oleifera (DC.) Metzg. f. biennis (Metzg.) Thell. (0 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. pekinensis (Lour.) Hanelt (0 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. rapa (14 active accession[s])
Brassica rapa L. subsp. trilocularis (Roxb.) Hanelt (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Sinapis dichotoma Roxb.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Brassica campestris L. var. dichotoma (Roxb.) G. Watt
Brassica napus L. var. dichotoma (Roxb.) Prain
Brassica rapa L. var. dichotoma (Roxb.) Kitam.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Brassica campestris L. var. toria Duthie & J. B. Fuller
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Reference(s)
  1. Acharya, B. D. et al. 2002. Effect of Brassica campestris var. toria as a catch crop on Orobanche aegyptiaca seed bank. Crop Protect. 21:533-537. Note: tested B. rapa subsp. dichotoma (as B. campestris var. toria) and found 20-30% reduction of the seed bank of the pest
  2. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. Delhi. 1948-1976
  3. Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
  4. 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#
  5. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  6. McFerson, J. 1994. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
  7. 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
  8. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  9. Sikka, S. M. & M. S. Swaminathan. 1955. Fifty years of botanical research at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute. Euphytica 4:173-182. Note: cites the production of vigorous tetraploids by colchicine treatment, and their potential to be released and sow with the diploids
  10. University of Idaho. 2010. Brassica breeding and research goals. Note: re. potential use as fuel
Common names
English
brown sarson –
Indian rape –
toria –
German
indischer Kohl –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    also cult. elsewhere
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
Cultivated

  • REGION:
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Nepal
Economic Uses
Animal food
Fuels
potential as petroleum substitute/alcohol (fide http://www.ag.uidaho.edu/brassica/area_of_interest.htm,) –
Harmful organism host
crop pests (fide Crop Protect 21:533. 2002, used to control Orobanche aegyptiaca) –
Human food
oil/fat (fide Opera Bot 55:11-13. 1980; Wealth India RM, as B. rapa var. toria) –


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