BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Brassica napus L. (Rape)
Subtaxa
| Rank | Taxon |  |
 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subspecies | Brassica napus ssp. oleifera (DC.) Metzger (Oil-seed Rape) | 8 | 5 |
| Subspecies | Brassica napus ssp. rapifera Metzger (Swede) | 6 |
Suggested Literature
Brassica napus may be covered by literature listed under:
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Associated with Brassica napus:
| (live) | live is parasitised by | Erysiphe cruciferarum - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) | 
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Ing, B., 1990 | |
| leaf (live) | live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph | Alternaria brassicae - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causing zonate, circular, light brown to greyish or dark brown spots, 0.5-12mm diam.] | ||
| leaf | leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva | Tenthredo atra - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) | Benson, R.B., 1952 | ||
| pod | pod is galled by larva | Dasineura brassicae - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) | Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 |
Brassica napus may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants) |
MAGNOLIIDAE (dicotyledonous flowering plants) |
BRASSICACEAE (cabbages, cresses etc - formerly Cruciferae) |
Brassica (cabbages, mustards, turnips and rape) |
References
| Benson, R.B., 1952 | Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b) |
| Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 | Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook |
| Ing, B., 1990 | An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews |
| Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 | Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls |
