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Taxon:  Raphanus sativus L. var. oleiformis Pers. (Raphanus sativus Leaf Radish Group)



Summary
Genus:
Raphanus
Family:
Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Brassiceae
Nomen number:
319666
Place of publication:
Syn. pl. 2:208. 1806
Comment:
  • [or R. sativus Leaf Radish Group]
  • Persoon, in indicating "chinensis oleiformis" and citing "Willd. Sp. III. p. 560" under this species, provided an indirect reference to the diagnosis "R. chinensis annuus oleiferus" of the unnamed variety of Willdenow and Linnaeus (Sp. pl. ed. 2, 2:935. 1763) (Melbourne ICN Art. 38.14)
Verified:
07/15/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. 
Other conspecific taxa
Raphanus sativus L. (1 active accession[s])
Raphanus sativus L. var. mougri H. W. J. Helm (0 active accession[s])
Raphanus sativus L. var. sativus (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Raphanus sativus L. var. oleiferus Stokes
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Reference(s)
  1. Budahn, H. et al. 2009. Molecular mapping in oil radish (Raphanus sativus L.) and QTL analysis of resistance against beet cyst nematode (Heterodera schachtii). Theor. Appl. Genet. 118:775-782.
  2. Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. 2002
  3. Kunkel, G. Plants for human consumption. 1984
  4. Mansfeld, R. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2. 1959
  5. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  6. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  7. Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 8:233.
  8. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Common names
English
fodder radish –
oil radish –
French
radis fourrager –
radis oléifère –
German
Ölrettich –
Italian
rafano da foraggio –
Portuguese
rábano-de-azeite –
Portuguese (Brazil)
nabo-forrageiro –
Spanish
rábano oleaginoso –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2CultivatedAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
2CultivatedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
2CultivatedEurope Europe  
Cultivated
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan
Asia-Tropical
  • MALESIA: Indonesia
Europe
  • REGION: Europe
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 8:233.
Environmentalsoil improver Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 8:233.
Human foodoil/fat Kunkel, G. Plants for human consumption. 1984
Human foodvegetable Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 8:233.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=319666. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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