Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :

 
• Wasabia bracteata (Koidz.) auct. <- Data needed
• Wasabia bracteata (S. Moore) Hisauchi -> Wasabia tenuis (Miq.) Matsum.
• Wasabia japonica (Miq.) Matsum. A
• Wasabia japonica (Miq.) Matsum. var. koreana (Nakai) Y. Lee
• Wasabia koreana Nakai -> Wasabia japonica (Miq.) Matsum. var. koreana (Nakai) Y. Lee
• Wasabia okinosimensis (Takenouchi) Hatusima -> Wasabia tenuis (Miq.) Matsum. var. okinosimensis (Takenouchi) Kitam.
• Wasabia pungens Matsum. -> Wasabia japonica (Miq.) Matsum. A
• Wasabia tenuis (Miq.) Matsum.
• Wasabia tenuis (Miq.) Matsum. var. okinosimensis (Takenouchi) Kitam.
• Wasabia thibeticum (Franch.) G. Yang
• Wasabia wasabi (Sieb.) Makino -> Wasabia japonica (Miq.) Matsum. A
• Wasabia yunnanensis (Franch.) Nakai

Notes

SYNONYM(S) : Cochlearia wasabi Siebold, nomen nudum., Eutrema japonica (Miq.) Koidz., Eutrema wasabi (Sieb.) Maxim. , Wasabia pungens Matsum.

CHINESE : Shan yu cai, Shan kui.

DANISH : Japansk peberrod.

DUTCH : Bergstokroos.

ENGLISH : Cultivated wasabi, Japanese horseradish.

FRENCH : Raifort du Japon, Raifort vert.

GERMAN : Japanischer Kren, Japanischer Meerrettich.

JAPANESE : Wasabi, Wasabi daikon, Wasabi.

KOREAN : Wasabi.

PORTUGUESE : Raiz-forte (Brazil).

RUSSIAN : Vasabi, Iaponskii khren.

SPANISH : Rabanete japonês, Wasábia.

SWEDISH : Japansk pepparrot.

Types : Oka wasabi ( dry-land wasabi), Sawa wasabi (water wasabi).

Cultivars : Daruma, Hangen, Izawadaruma, Mazuma, Medeka, Midori, Mochidaruma, Sanpoo, Shimane, Takai.

SYNONYM(S) : Eutrema koreanum (Nakai) K. Hammer, Wasabia koreana Nakai

CHINESE : Chao xian shan yu cai (as E. koreanum).

ENGLISH : Korean horseradish.

KOREAN : San kyu, Wasabi.

SYNONYM(S) : Cardamine bracteata S. Moore, Eutrema hederifolia Franch. & Sav., Eutrema tenue (Miq.) Makino, Nasturtium tenue Miq., Wasabia bracteata (S. Moore) Hisauchi

CHINESE : Ri ben shan yu cai (as E. tenue).

ENGLISH : Lesser wasabi, Wild wasabi.

JAPANESE : Yuri wasabi.

SYNONYM(S) : Eutrema okinosimense Takenouchi, Wasabia okinosimensis (Takenouchi) Hatusima

JAPANESE : Oo yuri wasabi.

SYNONYM(S) : Eutrema thibeticum Franch.

CHINESE : Que zhu shan yu cai (as E. thibeticum), Xi zang shan yu cai (as E. thibeticum).

ENGLISH : Tibetan horseradish, Tibetan wasabi.

SYNONYM(S) : Eutrema yunnanense Franch.

CHINESE : Shan yu cai (as E. yunnanense), Yun nan shan yu cai (as E. yunnanense).

ENGLISH : Yunnan horseradish, Yunnan wasabi.

1. We have not been able to confirm the differences between the various species and the true Japanese wasabi. The types and cultivars need confirming.

2. We are not confident that the Korean names are properly worked out. Further work is needed on this genus.

3. thibeticum appears to be the accepted spelling for this epithet and this species. It is for example spelt tibeticum in Nasturtium tibeticum.

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