Taxon: Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. subsp. napiformis (Pailleux & Bois) Gladis (Brassica juncea Root Mustard Group)

Summary

Genus:

Brassica

Family:

Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae)

Tribe:

Brassiceae

Nomen number:

461021

Place of publication:

Feddes Repert. 103:474. 1992

Comment:

[or Brassica juncea Root Mustard Group]

Verified:

04/07/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in Nordic Baltic Genebanks.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Sinapis juncea L. var. napiformis Pailleux & Bois

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. var. napiformis (Pailleux & Bois) Kitam.
Brassica napiformis (Pailleux & Bois) L. H. Bailey

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. var. megarrhiza M. Tsen & S. H. Lee

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Reference(s)

Fu, J. et al. 2006. Genetic diversity of traditional Chinese mustard crops Brassica juncea as revealed by phenotypic differences and RAPD markers. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 53:1513-1519.
Gladis, T. & K. Hammer. 1992. Die Gaterslebener Brassica-Kollektion - Brassica juncea, B. napus, B. nigra und B. rapa. Feddes Repert. 103:469-507.
Hammer, K. et al. 2013. The wild and the grown - Remarks about the botanical classification of Brassica. Acta Hort. 1005:49-59.
Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Heenan, P. B. et al. 2007. Experimental hybridisation of Brassica species in New Zealand. New Zealand J. Bot. 45:53-66.
Qi, X.-H. et al. 2007. Molecular phylogeny of Chinese vegetable mustard (Brassica juncea) based on the internal transcribed spacers (ITS) of nuclear ribosomal DNA. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 54:1709-1716.
Warwick, S. I. et al. 2006. Brassicaceae: Species checklist and database on CD-Rom. Pl. Syst. Evol. 259:249-258. Note: lists in database

Common names

LANGUAGE	NAME	NOTE	SEQ	CITATION
English	large-root mustard	as Brassica juncea var. napiformis	1	Prakash, S. & K. Hinata. 1980. Taxonomy, cytogenetics and origin of crop brassicas, a review. Opera Bot. 55:15. Note: mentions
English	root mustard		1	McFerson, J. 1994. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
English	tuberous-root mustard	as Brassica juncea var. napiformis	1	Kitamura, S. 1950. The cultivated brassicae of China and Japan. Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 19:76. Note: = Brassica juncea var. napiformis (Pailleux & Bois) Kitam.
English	turnip-root mustard	as Brassica juncea var. napiformis	1	Bailey, L. H. 1930. The cultivated Brassicas; second paper. Gentes Herbarum 2:257.
Transcribed Chinese	jie cai ge da	as Brassica juncea var. napiformis	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
2	Cultivated	Asia-Temperate	China	China
2	Cultivated	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan

Cultivated
Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China
EASTERN ASIA: Japan

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Human food	vegetable	root preserved in salt fide Herklots, Vegetables in SE Asia. 1972	Fu, J. et al. 2006. Genetic diversity of traditional Chinese mustard crops Brassica juncea as revealed by phenotypic differences and RAPD markers. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 53:1513-1519.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.nordic-baltic-genebanks.org/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=461021. Accessed 1 May 2025.