Taxonomic levels of Kohlrabi

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Anthophyta

Subphylum: Eudicots
Class: Rosids

Order: Brassicales

Family: Brassicaceae

Genus: Brassica

Species: Brassica Oleracea

 

 

Kingdom: Plantae

 

It can grow in any environment. They form a clade that includes the flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms, ferns, club-mosses, hornworts, liverwort, as well as (depending on definition) the green algae. The solid material in Kohlrabi is taken from the atmosphere through photosynthesis. These sugars are used as building blocks and form the main structural component of the plant. Chlorophyll, and magnesium containing pigment is essential to this process.

 

 Phylum: Angiosperms

 

These are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and are distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synaponorphies. These characteristics include flowers, endosperm within the seeds, and the production of fruits that contain the seeds.

 

 Subphylum: Eudicots

 

Are a monophyletic clade of flowering plants that had been called tricolpates. Tricolpates is a name that refers to the grooved structure of the pollen.

 

 Class: Rosids

 

Are members of a large monophyletic clade of flowering plants, containing about 70,000 species. The molecular clock estimates that the rosids originated between 125 and 99.6 million years ago.

 

 Order: Brassicales

 

Are flowering plants. They belong to the Eurosids 2 group of dicotyledons under the APG 2 system. A common character to many members of this order is the production of glucosinolate (mustard oil) compounds. Under the Cronquist system, (a taxonomic classification system of flowering plants) the Brassicales were called the Capparales.

 

 Family: Brassicaceae

 

A medium sized and economically important family of flowering plants known as "the mustards", of the cabbage family. The name "Brassicaceae" is derived from the included genus Brassica. The family contains over 330 genera and about 3,700 species.

 

 Genus: Brassica

 

Is a genus of plants in the mustard family. Members of the genus are known as cruciferous vegetables, cabbages, or mustard plant. The crops of this genus are called "cole crops" derived from the Latin "caulis" meaning stem or cabbage. The genus brassica is known for its important agricultural and horticultural crops and includes a number of weeds. Counts over 30 wild species and hybrids plus numerous cultivars and hybrids of cultivated origin. This genus is found in the wild in western Europe, the Mediterranean, and temperate regions of Asia and many wild species grow as weeds, especially in North America, South America and Australia.

 

 Species: Brassica Oleracea 

 

This is a species of plant that has many common foods as cultivars. Ex: cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower. It would be found growing in southern and western Europe. This species of plant is a tall flowering plant, has large leaves, much fleshier and thicker then other Brassica species. It is hard to adapt to store water and nutrients in its environment. Though in the second year, they used the nutrients to produce a flower spike 1-2 metres tall bearing a lot of yellow flowers.