Table 1.
Wild Species Which Have Been Proposed as Progenitor Species for Brassica oleracea Crop Types.
| Cultivar | Wild Relative | Author |
|---|---|---|
| Broccoli | B. oleracea | Linnaeus |
| B. oleracea | Hedrick (1919) a | |
| B. oleracea | Giles (1941) b | |
| B. montana | Hegi (1919) | |
| B. oleracea (from Italy) | Giles (1941) | |
| B. cretica | Gates (1953) | |
| B. oleracea and B. alboglabra | Song et al. (1990) | |
| Brussels sprouts | B. oleracea | Linnaeus |
| B. oleracea (western Europe) | Gates (1953) | |
| B. oleracea (western Europe) | Snogerup (1980) | |
| B. oleracea and B. alboglabra | Song et al. (1990) | |
| Cabbage | B. oleracea | Linnaeus |
| B. oleracea | de Candolle (1824) | |
| B. oleracea | Hedrick (1919) a | |
| B. oleracea | Bailey (1930) | |
| B. montana | Hegi (1919) | |
| B. oleracea (western Europe) | Gates (1953) | |
| B. oleracea (western Europe) | Snogerup (1980) | |
| B. oleracea and B. alboglabra | Song et al. (1990) | |
| Cauliflower | B. oleracea | Linnaeus |
| B. oleracea | de Candolle (1824) | |
| B. oleracea | Bailey (1930) | |
| B. montana | Hegi (1919) | |
| B. cretica | Schulz (1936) | |
| B. oleracea (from Cypus) | Giles (1941) | |
| B. cretica | Gates (1953) | |
| B. oleracea and B. alboglabra | Song et al. (1990) | |
| B. cretica | Tutin et al. (1964) | |
| Kale | B. oleracea | Linnaeus |
| B. oleracea | Hedrick (1919) a | |
| B. oleracea | Bailey (1930) | |
| B. montana | Hegi (1919) | |
| B. montana | Netroufal (1927) | |
| B. oleracea (western Europe) | Gates (1953) | |
| B. cretica, B. incana, B. rupestris | Snogerup (1980) | |
| B. incana and B. insularis | Hosaka et al. (1990) | |
| B. oleracea and B. alboglabra | Song et al. (1990) | |
| Kohlrabi | B. oleracea | Linnaeus |
| B. rupestris | Netroufal (1927) | |
| Unknown Mediterranean species | Gates (1953) | |
| B. oleracea and B. alboglabra | Song et al. (1990) |
Note.—Specific location is included in parentheses if indicated by the author. Brassica oleracea sometimes referred to as B. oleracea var. sylvestris.
a
Edited observations by Sturtevant in the late 19th century.
b
Referring to Prof Buckman’s experiment.