Brassica rapa var. rapa
Common names
turnip
Biostatus
Exotic
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
Conservation status
Not applicable
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Brassicaceae
Ecology
Year naturalised
1864
Origin
Europe
Other information
Etymology
brassica: From the Latin brassica used by Pliny the Elder, derived from the Celtic bresic, the name for cabbage.
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
BRARVR