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Taxon:  Brassica oleracea L. var. gongylodes L. (Brassica oleracea Kohlrabi Group)



Summary
Genus:
Brassica
Family:
Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Brassiceae
Nomen number:
7676
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:667. 1753
Comment:
[or B. oleracea Kohlrabi Group]
Verified:
05/08/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. 
Other conspecific taxa
Brassica oleracea L. (1 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. alboglabra (L. H. Bailey) Musil (0 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. botrytis L. (0 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata L. (0 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. costata DC. (0 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. gemmifera DC. (0 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. italica Plenck (0 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. medullosa Thell. (0 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. oleracea (0 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. (0 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. sabellica L. (0 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. viridis L. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Brassica gongylodes (L.) Mill.
Brassica oleracea L. subsp. gongylodes (L.) Schubl. & G. Martens

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Brassica caulorapa (DC.) Pasq.
Brassica oleracea L. var. caulorapa DC.
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Reference(s)
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Common names
English
cabbage turnip –
kohlrabi –
stem turnip –
turnip cabbage –
turnip kale –
French
chou rave –
German
Kohlrabi –
Italian
cavolo rapa –
col rabano –
Portuguese
couve-rábano –
Spanish
col rábano –
colinabo –
colirrábano –
Transcribed Chinese
pie lan –
Transliterated Russian
kol'rabi –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated     
Cultivated ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodvegetable Uphof, J. C. T. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968
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=7676. Accessed 7 September 2025.


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