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Taxon:  Sinapis alba L. subsp. alba



Summary
Genus:
Sinapis
Family:
Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Brassiceae
Nomen number:
316130
Verified:
07/15/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
6 (6  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Sinapis alba L. (3 active accession[s])
Sinapis alba L. subsp. dissecta (Lag.) Simonk. (0 active accession[s])
Sinapis alba L. subsp. mairei (H. Lindb.) Maire (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Brassica alba (L.) Rabenh.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Brassica hirta Moench
Sinapis alba L. var. melanosperma Alef.
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Reference(s)
  1. CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
  2. Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. 1998 Note: poisonous
  3. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
  4. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). http://www.emplantbase.org/home.html
  5. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993- http://floranorthamerica.org/
  6. Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984-
  7. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
  8. Hasterok, R. et al. 2006. Comparative analysis of rDNA distribution in chromosomes of various species of Brassicaceae. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 97:205-216. http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/by/year
  9. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  10. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  11. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  12. Riley, W. W. 2004. The Canadian biodiesel industry: an analysis of potential feedstocks. 1-16. Note: re. potential use as a fuel substitute
  13. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea, second edition. 1993
  14. University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. UC SAREP on-line cover crop database (on-line resource). http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/ccrop/
  15. Uphof, J. C. T. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968
  16. Warwick, S. I. et al. 2006. Brassicaceae: Species checklist and database on CD-Rom. Pl. Syst. Evol. 259:249-258. Note: lists in database
  17. Winter, H. 2011. Chapter 17. Sinapis. Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, oilseeds. 2011 275-288. Note: mentions
Common names
English
white mustard –
French
moutarde blanche –
German
weißer Senf –
Italian
senape bianca –
Portuguese
mostarda-branca –
Spanish
mostaza blanca –
Swedish
vitsenap –
Transcribed Chinese
bai jie –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeUkraineKrym 
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeBelgium  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeNetherlands  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeDenmark  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeIreland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeNorway  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeSweden  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece incl. Crete
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeTurkeyEdirne 
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance incl. Corsica
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain incl. Baleares
2Cultivated    widely cult.
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalAzores 
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanary Islands 
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaEastern Cape 
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTajikistan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaUttar Pradesh 
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan n.
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
4NaturalizedNorthern America Canada  
4NaturalizedNorthern America Mexico  
4NaturalizedNorthern America United States  
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSubarctic AmericaGreenland  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBarbados  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGuadeloupe  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMartinique  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanPuerto Rico  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaBuenos Aires 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaTierra del Fuego 
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Morocco
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Ukraine [Krym]
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands, Poland
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Sweden
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Crete), Croatia, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Turkey [Edirne]
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (incl. Baleares), France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Azores]
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [Eastern Cape]
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Saudi Arabia
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iran, Iraq
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Uttar Pradesh], Pakistan (n.)
  • INDO-CHINA: Vietnam
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Europe
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Hungary
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Romania
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain
Northern America
  • REGION: Canada, Mexico, United States
  • SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Greenland
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Barbados, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Puerto Rico
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Buenos Aires, Tierra del Fuego]
Economic Uses
Animal food
Environmental
soil improver (fide Cover Crop Database, as Brassica hirta) –
Food additives
flavoring (source of mustard condiment fide Dict Econ Pl) –
Fuels
potential as petroleum substitute/alcohol (fide http://www.greenfuels.org/biodiesel/res/102004_Potential_Feedstock_for_Canadian_Biodiesel_Industry.pdf,) –
Human food
oil/fat (fide Mansf Ency) –
Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2, as S. alba) –
Vertebrate poisons
mammals (to livestock fide Kingsbury, as Brassica hirta; Cooper & Johnson ed2) –
Weed
(fide Weed CIBA) –


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