What is Brassica rapa?
{{Italictitle}} {{taxobox |name = ''Brassica rapa'' |image = Brassica rapa plant.jpg |regnum = [[Plant]]ae |division = [[Angiosperms]] |classis = [[Eudicots]] |unranked_ordo = [[Rosids]] |ordo = [[Brassicales]] |familia = [[Brassicaceae]] |genus = ''[[Brassica]]'' |species = '''''B. rapa''''' |binomial = ''Brassica rapa'' |binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] |synonyms = ''B. campestris'' L. }} '''''Brassica rapa''''' L. (syn. '''''Brassica campestris''''' L.), commonly known as '''turnip''', '''turnip rape''', '''fast plants''', '''field mustard''', or '''turnip mustard''', is a [[plant]] widely cultivated as a leaf vegetable (see [[mizuna]] and [[napa cabbage]]), a root vegetable (see [[turnip]]), and an oilseed (but not normally rapeseed oil, from a different ''[[Brassica]]'' species). The oilseeds known as [[canola]] are sometimes particular varieties of ''Brassica rapa'' (termed Polish Canola) but mostly the related species ''[[Brassica napus]]'' and ''[[Brassica juncea]]''. {{biology-stub}} {{Commons|Brassica rapa}} [[category:Brassicaceae]]