Details for: PI 385955, Brassica oleracea L. var. botrytis L., Snow Giant

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Brassica oleracea L. var. botrytis L.

Top Name:

Snow Giant

Origin:

Donated – Kenya

Maintained:

Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station (NE9)

Received by NPGS:

01 Mar 1974

PI Assigned:

1974

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

182
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Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	50 count		PI 385955 01GI SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Brassica oleracea L. var. botrytis L.

Top Name:

Snow Giant

Origin:

Donated – Kenya

Maintained:

Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station (NE9)

Received by NPGS:

01 Mar 1974

PI Assigned:

1974

Source History

Donated

01 March 1974.
Kenya
Comment: Received by S.W. Braverman, Division of Plant Quarantine Services, East Africa Agriculture and Forestry Research Organization, Nairobi.
Donor(s):

Kirchoffs East Africa Limited

Accession Names and Identifiers

Snow Giant

Type: Unverified name

Narrative

White, firm heads of great solidity and attractive color.

Brassica oleracea L. var. botrytis L.

Genus:

Brassica

Family:

Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae)

Tribe:

Brassiceae

Nomen number:

7671

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:667. 1753

Protologue link:

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358688

Comment:

or Brassica oleracea Cauliflower Group

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

05/08/2010 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Brassica oleracea L. (68 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. alboglabra (L. H. Bailey) Musil (8 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata L. (977 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. costata DC. (12 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. gemmifera DC. (75 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. gongylodes L. (32 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. italica Plenck (77 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. medullosa Thell. (8 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. oleracea (2 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. palmifolia DC. (1 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. ramosa DC. (2 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. sabauda L. (25 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. sabellica L. (13 active accession[s])
Brassica oleracea L. var. viridis L. (181 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	broccoflower		hybrid with var. italica	1	Csizinszky, A. A. 1996. Optimum planting time, plant spacing, and nitrogen and potassium rates to maximize the yield of green cauliflower. HortScience 31:930-933. Note: common name refers to cv. 'Alverda'
English	cauliflower			1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Chinese	hua ye cai	花椰菜		2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
French	chou brocoli			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	chou fleur		as Brassica oleracea	2	Demilly, D. et al. 1996. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 6. Note: = Brassica oleracea
French	chou fleur d'hiver			2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
German	Blumenkohl			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Kopfbrokkoli			2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Italian	cavolfiore		as Brassica oleracea convar. botrytis	2	Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia. Note: = Brassica oleracea convar. botrytis
Italian	cavolo fiore			2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Japanese Rōmaji	hana-yasai			2	Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Japanese Rōmaji	karifurawā			2	Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Portuguese	couve-flor			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	coliflor			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Transliterated Russian	kapusta cvetnaja			2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Availability
DISEASE	DISEASE RATING	DISEASE RATING	0 - SLIGHT	NE9.BRASSICA.75	Not Available
GROWTH	PLANT SIZE	PLANT STATURE	6 - (0 = SHORT, 9 = TALL)	NE9.BRASSICA.75	Not Available
GROWTH	UNIFORMITY	UNIFORMITY IN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT	7 - (0 = VARIABLE, 9 = UNIFORM)	NE9.BRASSICA.75	Not Available
INSECT	INSECT RATING	INSECT RATING	3 - (0 = SLIGHT, 9 = SEVERE)	NE9.BRASSICA.75	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	LEAF BLOOM	AMOUNT OF LEAF BLOOM	7 - (0 = LEAST, 9 = HEAVY)	NE9.BRASSICA.75	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	BROWNING	INTERNAL BROWNING	0 - SEVERE	NE9.BRASSICA.75	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	CURD COLOR	CURD COLOR	2 - CREAM	NE9.BRASSICA.75	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	CURD COMPACTNESS	CURD COMPACTNESS	5 - (0 = LOOSE, 9 = COMPACT)	NE9.BRASSICA.75	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	CURD DEPTH	CURD DEPTH MEASURED IN CENTIMETERS	6	NE9.BRASSICA.75	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	CURD PROTECTION	CURD PROTECTION	0 - POOR	NE9.BRASSICA.75	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	CURD QUALITY	CURD QUALITY	0 - POOR	NE9.BRASSICA.75	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	CURD WIDTH	CURD WIDTH MEASURED IN CENTIMETERS	9	NE9.BRASSICA.75	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	DEFOLIATION	EASE OF DEFOLIATION	0 - DIFFUCULT	NE9.BRASSICA.75	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	NUMBER OF SPROUTS	NUMBER OF MARKETABLE SPROUTS PER PLANT	0 - FEW	NE9.BRASSICA.75	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SPROUT COLOR	SPROUT COLOR	0 - LIGHT GREEN	NE9.BRASSICA.75	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SPROUT FIRMNESS	SPROUT FIRMNESS	0 - VERY SOFT	NE9.BRASSICA.75	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SPROUT REMOVAL	EASE OF SPROUT REMOVAL	0 - DIFFICULT	NE9.BRASSICA.75	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	STALK LENGTH	LENGTH OF STALK	0 - VERY SHORT	NE9.BRASSICA.75	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	MATURITY	RELATIVE TIME OF MATURITY	4 - (0 = LATE, 9 = EARLY)	NE9.BRASSICA.75	Not Available
PRODUCTION	SUBSET	SUBSET OF BRASSICA (E.G. CAULIFLOWER, BROCCOLI)	Cauliflower	NE9.BRASSICA.75	Not Available