Editing Chinese cabbage (section)

{{Short description|Vegetable of the bok choy plant}}
{{about|bok choy and sui choy|variety ''parachinensis'', the Chinese flowering cabbage|Choy sum}}
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{{Infobox cultivar 
| name = Chinese cabbage
| image = File:ChineseCabbage.jpg
| image_caption = ''Brassica rapa'', subsp. ''pekinensis''
| species = ''[[Brassica rapa]]''
| group = Chinensis Group, Pekinensis Group
| origin = [[China]], before the 15th century
| subdivision = Many; see text
}}

'''Chinese cabbage''' (''[[Brassica rapa]]'', subspecies ''pekinensis'' and ''chinensis'') is either of two [[cultivar group]]s of [[leaf vegetable]]s often used in [[Chinese cuisine]]: the Pekinensis Group ([[napa cabbage]]) and the Chinensis Group ([[bok choy]]).

These vegetables are both variant [[cultivar]]s or subspecies of ''B. rapa'' and belong to the same [[genus]] as ''[[Brassica oleracea]]'', whose cultivars include Western staples such as [[cabbage]], [[broccoli]], and [[cauliflower]]. Both ''B. rapa'' cultivars have many variations in name, spelling, and [[scientific classification]], especially bok choy cultivars.