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oleracea

Taxon

Brassica oleracea L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 2: 667. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Brassica oleracea v. gemmifera--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giard. dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 002.jpg

Brassica oleracea v. gemmifera--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giard. dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brassica oleracea v. gemmifera--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giard. dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 003.jpg

Brassica oleracea v. gemmifera--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giard. dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 003.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Brassica oleracea v. gemmifera--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giard. dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03.  001.jpg

Brassica oleracea v. gemmifera--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giard. dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brassica oleracea cv. Winterbur, kale--PA. Longwood Garden. 25 Jun 03. 079.jpg

Brassica oleracea cv. Winterbur, kale--PA. Longwood Garden. 25 Jun 03. 079.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brassica oleracea cv. Winterbur, kale--PA. Longwood Garden. 25 Jun 03. 078.jpg

Brassica oleracea cv. Winterbur, kale--PA. Longwood Garden. 25 Jun 03. 078.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to France, Great Britain, Spain; introduced into 92 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, Southern America, and Other regions (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

May 22, 2003

Location

Italy, Tuscany (Giardino dei Semplici)

Location Remarks

Via Pier Antonio Micheli, 3, Firenze (Florence). On the campus of the University of Florence.

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

June 25, 2003

Location

United States, Pennsylvania (Longwood Gardens)

Location Remarks

1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square , PA 19348. (See website for detailed directions)

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Brassicales

Family

Brassicaceae

Genus

Brassica

Specific Epithet

oleracea

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.3

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.3

Global rank

#168,708 of 335,497

Top 51%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →

Synonyms (1)

Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera (DC.) Zenker

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy