Brassica oleracea - Revision history

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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Brassica oleracea''
| image = Brassica oleracea0.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Wild Cabbage plants
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Brassicales]]
| familia = [[Brassicaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Brassica]]''
| species = '''''B. oleracea'''''
| binomial = ''Brassica oleracea''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
}}

'''''Brassica oleracea''''' or '''Wild Cabbage''', is a species of ''[[Brassica]]'' native to coastal southern and western [[Europe]], where its tolerance of [[sodium chloride|salt]] and [[calcium carbonate|lime]] but intolerance of competition from other plants typically restricts its natural occurrence to [[limestone]] [[sea]] [[cliff]]s.

Wild ''B. olearacea'' is a tall [[biennial plant]], forming a stout rosette of large [[leaf|leaves]] in the first year, the leaves being fleshier and thicker than those of other species of ''Brassica'', adaptations to store water and nutrients in its difficult growing environment. In its second year, the stored nutrients are used to produce a [[flower]] spike 1–2 m tall bearing numerous yellow flowers.

===Cultivation and uses===
Although ''B. oleracea'' is believed to have been cultivated for several thousand years, its history as a domesticated plant is not clear before [[ancient Greece|Greek]] and [[ancient Rome|Roman]] times, when is known to be a well-established garden vegetable. [[Theophrastus]] mentions three kinds of this species: a curly-leaved, a smooth-leaved, and a wild-type.<ref>Daniel Zohary and Maria Hopf, ''Domestication of plants in the Old World'', third edition (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000), p. 199.</ref> It has been bred into a wide range of [[cultivar]]s, including [[cabbage]], [[broccoli]], [[cauliflower]], and more, some of which are hardly recognisable as being members of the same species. It is one of the most important human food [[agriculture|crop]] plants. According to the [[Triangle of U]] theory, ''B. oleracea'' is very closely related to five other species of the genus ''[[Brassica]]''.

The plant is used because of its large food reserves, which are stored over the winter in its leaves. It is rich in essential nutrients including [[vitamin C]].

The cultivars of ''B. oleracea'' are grouped by developmental form into seven major [[cultivar|cultivar groups]], of which the Acephala Group remains most like the natural Wild Cabbage in appearance:
*''Brassica oleracea'' [[Acephala Group]] - [[kale]] and [[collard greens]] (borekale)
*''Brassica oleracea'' [[Alboglabra Group]] - [[kai-lan]] (Chinese broccoli)
*''Brassica oleracea'' [[Botrytis Group]] - [[cauliflower]] (and Chou Romanesco)
*''Brassica oleracea'' [[Capitata Group]] - [[cabbage]]
*''Brassica oleracea'' [[Gemmifera Group]] - [[Brussels sprout]]s
*''Brassica oleracea'' [[Gongylodes Group]] - [[kohlrabi]]
*''Brassica oleracea'' [[Italica Group]] - [[broccoli]]

Some (notably [[Brussels sprout]]s and [[broccoli]]) contain high levels of [[sinigrin]] which is thought to help prevent [[colorectal cancer|bowel cancer]].

For other edible plants in the family Brassicaceae, see [[cruciferous vegetables]].

[[Image:brassica-garden.jpg|600px|thumb|center|Several cultivars of ''Brassica oleracea'', including Kale, Brussels sprouts, Savoy, and Chinese kale]]

==Notes==
<references />

{{Commons|Brassica oleracea}}

[[Category:Brassica]]

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 Brassica oleracea, Linn. Cabbage, Cauliflower, Brussels Sprouts, Kale. Fig. 627. Lvs. smooth from the first, and the root not tuberous: fls. large and long (¾-1 in. length, at least often), light- colored, slender- pedicelled, in long and open racemes: pods large, long-beaked. If the name Brassica oleracea is held for a generalized group without a type form, then the wild plant may be designated as var. syl- vestris, Linn. In the present treatment, however, the wild form is regarded as the type and is therefore not given a varietal name. Brassica oleracea grows wild on the sea-cliffs of W. and S. Eu. Fig. 628, from nature, shows the common form as it grows on the chalk cliffs of the English Channel. It is a perennial plan t of short duration, or perhaps sometimes a biennial, with a very tough and woody root, a diffuse habit, and large thick deep- lobed Ivs. in various shades of green and reddish, and more or less glaucous. The Ivs. of this plant were probably eaten by the barbarous or half-civilized peoples; and, when history begins, the plant had been transferred to cult, grounds and had begun to produce dense rosettes or heads of Ivs. It appears to have been in general use before the Aryan migrations to the westward. There were several distinct types or races of the cabbage in cult, in Pliny's time. From the one original stock have apparently sprung all the forms of cabbages, cauliflowers, brussels sprouts and kales. For this family or group of plants the English language has no generic name. The French include them all under the term Chou, and the Germans treat them under Kohl. These various tribes may be classified as follows:
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-{{Taxobox
+==Cultivation==
-| color = lightgreen
-'''''Brassica oleracea''''' or '''Wild Cabbage''', is a species of ''[[Brassica]]'' native to coastal southern and western [[Europe]], where its tolerance of [[sodium chloride|salt]] and [[calcium carbonate|lime]] but intolerance of competition from other plants typically restricts its natural occurrence to [[limestone]] [[sea]] [[cliff]]s.
+===Propagation===
-===Cultivation and uses===
+===Pests and diseases===
 The cultivars of ''B. oleracea'' are grouped by developmental form into seven major [[cultivar|cultivar groups]], of which the Acephala Group remains most like the natural Wild Cabbage in appearance:
-*''Brassica oleracea'' [[Acephala Group]] - [[kale]] and [[collard greens]] (borekale)
+*''Brassica oleracea'' [[Acephala Group]] - [[kale]] and [[collard greens]]
-*''Brassica oleracea'' [[Alboglabra Group]] - [[kai-lan]] (Chinese broccoli)
+*''Brassica oleracea'' Alboglabra Group- [[Kai-lan|Chinese broccoli]]
-*''Brassica oleracea'' [[Botrytis Group]] - [[cauliflower]] (and Chou Romanesco)
+*''Brassica oleracea'' Botrytis Group - [[cauliflower]], [[Romanesco broccoli]] and [[broccoflower]]
-*''Brassica oleracea'' [[Capitata Group]] - [[cabbage]]
+*''Brassica oleracea'' Capitata Group - [[cabbage]]
-*''Brassica oleracea'' [[Gemmifera Group]] - [[Brussels sprout]]s
+*''Brassica oleracea'' Gemmifera Group - [[brussels sprout]]s
-*''Brassica oleracea'' [[Gongylodes Group]] - [[kohlrabi]]
+*''Brassica oleracea'' Gongylodes Group - [[kohlrabi]]
-*''Brassica oleracea'' [[Italica Group]] - [[broccoli]]
+*''Brassica oleracea'' Italica Group - [[broccoli]]
-Some (notably [[Brussels sprout]]s and [[broccoli]]) contain high levels of [[sinigrin]] which is thought to help prevent [[colorectal cancer|bowel cancer]].
+Some (notably brussels sprouts and broccoli) contain high levels of [[sinigrin]] which may help prevent [[colorectal cancer|bowel cancer]].
 For other edible plants in the family Brassicaceae, see [[cruciferous vegetables]].
 [[Image:brassica-garden.jpg|600px|thumb|center|Several cultivars of ''Brassica oleracea'', including Kale, Brussels sprouts, Savoy, and Chinese kale]]
-==Notes==
+==References==
-<references />
+<references/>
-{{Commons|Brassica oleracea}}
+==External links==
-[[Category:Brassica]]
+{{stub}}