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Brassica napus L., 1753

🇬🇧 Rape

🇫🇷 Colza

Taxonomy

  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Clade: Tracheophytes
  • Clade: Angiosperms
  • Clade: Eudicots
  • Clade: Superrosids
  • Clade: Rosids
  • Clade: Malvids
  • Order: Brassicales
  • Family: Brassicaceae
  • Subfamily: Brassicoideae
  • Tribe: Brassiceae
  • Genus: Brassica
  • Species: Brassica napus

Varieties

Presence

Introduced, not established.

Conservation status

  • Red List (Metropolitan France): NA Not Applicable

Notes

Stabilized hybrid of B. oleracea L., 1753 × B. rapa L., 1753.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

  • B. napus var. napus L., 1753: Oil-seed Rape, M;
  • B. napus var. napobrassica (L.) Rchb., 1833: Swede, M. 1

Photographs

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Brassica napus
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Brassica napus
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Brassica napus
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Brassica napus - Flower buds
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Brassica napus - Cauline leaf
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Brassica napus - Basal leaf

Sources

  • Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 576). Biotope.

  1. Not accepted by POWO and treated as a synonym of B. napus L., 1753. ↩︎