Taxon:  Brassica oleracea L. var. italica Plenck (Brassica oleracea Broccoli Group)



Summary
Genus:
Brassica
Family:
Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Brassiceae
Nomen number:
105447
Place of publication:
Icon. pl. med. 6:29, t. 534.  1794
Comment:
[or Brassica oleracea Broccoli Group]
Verified:
05/08/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
7 (5  active, 4  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. botrytis L. (113 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. 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
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Brassica oleracea L. var. botrytis L. subvar. cymosa Duchesne
Brassica oleracea L. var. cymosa (Duchesne) DC.

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Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English asparagus broccoli 1 Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: = Brassica oleracea Italica Group
English broccoli 1 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English calabrese 1 Gray, A. R. 1989. Taxonomy and evolution of broccolis and cauliflowers. Baileya 23:28-46.
English Cape broccoli 1 Gray, A. R. 1982. Taxonomy and evolution of broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica). Econ. Bot. 36:397-410.
English heading broccoli 1 McFerson, J. 1994. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
English purple cauliflower 1 Gray, A. R. 1982. Taxonomy and evolution of broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica). Econ. Bot. 36:397-410.
English sprouting broccoli 1 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English winter broccoli 1 Gray, A. R. 1982. Taxonomy and evolution of broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica). Econ. Bot. 36:397-410.
French brocoli asperge 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French chou brocoli 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German Brokkoli 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German Spargelkohl 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German Sprossenbrokkoli 2 Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
Italian cavolo broccolo 2 International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Portuguese brócoli 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish brécol 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish brecolera 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish brócoli 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Transcribed Chinese lu hua cai 2 Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    only cult.
Cultivated (only cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodvegetableflower budsGray, A. R. 1989. Taxonomy and evolution of broccolis and cauliflowers. Baileya 23:28-46.
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.
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Vertebrate poisonsmammalsto ruminants, as Brassica oleracea var. botrytis "Broccoli"Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada.
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://www.nordic-baltic-genebanks.org/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=105447. Accessed 20 May 2024.