Brassica rapa
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Brassica rapa
Translingual
Proper noun
- A taxonomic species within the family Brassicaceae – including the turnip, Chinese cabbage, rapini, and other food plants.
Synonyms
- (species): turnip rape, field mustard, bird rape, keblock
Hypernyms
- (species): Brassicales - order; Brassicaceae - family; Brassiceae - tribe; Brassica - genus
Hyponyms
- (species): Brassica rapa subsp. campestris, Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis (bok choy), Brassica rapa subsp. dichotoma (brown sarson, Indian rape), Brassica rapa subsp. narinosa (Chinese flat cabbage, Chines savoy), Brassica rapa subsp. nipposinica, Brassica rapa subsp. nipposinica, Brassica rapa subsp. oleifera (bird rape, canola, wild turnip), Brassica rapa subsp. parachinensis, Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis (celery cabbage, Chinese cabbage, Peking cabbage), Brassica rapa subsp. rapa (Italian kale, rapini), Brassica rapa subsp. trilocularis (Indian colza, yellow sarson) - subspecies
See also
List of sequenced plant genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- Brassica rapa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Brassica rapa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Brassica rapa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Brassica rapa at USDA Plants database
- Brassica rapa at Brassibase
