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Brassica

The genus Brassica is in the family Brassicaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Brassica

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Brassica × aelleniana O.E.Schulz & Thell. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica amplexicaulis Janka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica amplexicaulis Batt. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica angustifolia (DC.) Kuntze Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica antarctica Molina Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica anticaria Rouy & Janka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica assyriaca Mouterde Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica aucheri Boiss. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica balearica Pers. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica barrelieri (L.) Janka Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica beytepeensis Yıld. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica bourgeaui (Webb ex Christ) Kuntze Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica brachyloma Boiss. & Reut. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica cadmea Heldr. ex O.E.Schulz Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica camarae Sennen Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica cantabrica Sennen & Elias Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica carinata A.Braun Accepted L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica carinatua Brown, A. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Brassica cretica Lam. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Brassica deflexa Boiss. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Brassica deserti Danin & Hedge Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica desnottesii Emb. & Maire Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica dimorpha Coss. & Durieu Accepted L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica elongata Ehrh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 4
Brassica erucodes Kuntze Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Brassica floridana Raf. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica frutescens (Aiton) Sol. ex DC. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica fruticulosa Cirillo Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 4
Brassica gallicum O.E. Schulz Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Brassica glauca (J.A.Schmidt) Kuntze Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica gravinae Ten. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica × harmsiana O.E.Schulz Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica hilarionis Post Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica hybrida Ten. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica incana Ten. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica insularis Moris Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica iranica Rech.f., Aellen & Esfand. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica lasiocalycina Boiss. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica macloviana d'Urv. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica macrocarpa Guss. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica melanosinapis Endl. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica montana Pourr. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica nantouensis S.S.Ying Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica napus L. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica nigra (L.) K.Koch Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica nipponica Bailey Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Brassica nivalis Boiss. & Heldr. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Brassica oleracea L. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica oxyrrhina Coss. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica pendula (Desf.) Boiss. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica procumbens (Poir.) O.E.Schulz Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica rapa L. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 3
Brassica repanda (Willd.) DC. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 15
Brassica repauda DC. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Brassica retusa Boiss. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Brassica rupestris Raf. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica rupestris Kuntze Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica ruvo L.H.Bailey Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica scopulorum Coss. & Durieu Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica somalensis Hedge & A.G.Mill. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica souliei Batt. Accepted L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Brassica spinescens Pomel Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica sudrei (Vivant) G.H.Loos Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica taurica (Tzvelev) Tzvelev Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica tenuifolia (L.) Baill. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica tournefortii Gouan Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica × turicensis O.E.Schulz & Thell. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica tyrrhena Giotta, Piccitto & Arrigoni Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Brassica villosa Biv. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 4
Brassica washitana Muhl. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 384 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Brassica. Of these 39 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 585 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Brassica. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 384 species names for the genus Brassica recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 39 10.2%
Synonym 292 76.0%
Unplaced 1 0.3%
Unassessed 52 13.5%

All names

The status of the 969 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Brassica recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 73 7.5%
Synonym 839 86.6%
Unplaced 1 0.1%
Unassessed 56 5.8%

Of the species names,

A further 1 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 384 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Brassica, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 36 288 0 0 324 84.4%
Low confidence 3 4 1 52 60 15.6%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Brassica is as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 1 62 0 5 0 68 17.7%
WCSP (in review) 38 230 1 47 1 316 82.3%