Editing Chinese cabbage (section)

==Cultivar groups==
There are two distinct groups of ''Brassica rapa'' used as leaf vegetables in China, and a wide range of cultivars within these two groups. The binomial name ''B. campestris'' is also used.

===Pekinensis Group===
{{Main|Napa cabbage}}

This group is the more common of the two, especially outside Asia; names such as [[napa cabbage]], ''dà báicài'' ({{zh|links=no|c=大白菜}}, "large white vegetable"); ''Baguio petsay'' or ''petsay wombok'' ([[Tagalog language|Tagalog]]); ''Chinese white cabbage''; "wong a pak" (Hokkien, Fujianese); ''baechu'' ({{Korean|배추}}), ''wongbok''; ''hakusai'' ({{langx|ja|[[:ja:白菜|白菜]] or [[:ja:ハクサイ|ハクサイ]]}}) and "suann-tang-pe̍h-á" (Taiwanese)<ref>{{Cite web |title=山東白仔-詞目-教育部臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 |url=https://sutian.moe.edu.tw/zh-hant/su/365/ |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=sutian.moe.edu.tw}}</ref> usually refer to members of this group. Pekinensis Group cabbages have broad green leaves with white [[Petiole (botany)|petiole]]s, tightly wrapped in a cylindrical formation and usually forming a compact head. As the group name indicates, this is particularly popular in northern China around [[Beijing]] (Peking).

===Chinensis Group===
{{Main|Bok choy}}
[[File:Starr-070730-7871-Brassica rapa-Chinese cabbage-Foodland Pukalani-Maui (24797118771).jpg|thumb|Bok choy]]
Chinensis Group cultivars do not form heads; instead, they have smooth, dark green leaf blades forming a cluster reminiscent of [[Mustard plant|mustard]] or [[celery]]. These cultivars are popular in southern China and [[Southeast Asia]]. Being winter-hardy, they are increasingly grown in Northern Europe. This group was originally classified as its own species under the name ''B. chinensis'' by [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2014}}