Chinese cabbage under the name "B. chinensis" by Linnaeus. Chinese cabbage Chinese cabbage ("Brassica rapa", subspecies "pekinensis" and "chinensis") can refer to two groups of Chinese leaf vegetables often used in Chinese cuisine: the Pekinensis Group (napa cabbage) and the Chinensis Group (bok choy). These vegetables are both variant cultivars or subspecies of the turnip and belong to the same genus as such Western staples as cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower. Both have many variations in name, spelling, and scientific classification, especially bok choy cultivars. The Chinese cabbage was principally grown in the Yangtze River Delta region, but the Ming Dynasty naturalist Li
Isaac Choy "Aliivibrio fischeri" instead. , Hawaii has no official state microbe. Isaac Choy Isaac W. Choy is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Hawaii House of Representatives since January 2009 representing District 23. Choy consecutively served from 2009 until 2013 in the District 24 seat. Choy earned his BS in business administration from San Jose State University. In 2017 Isaac Choy submitted legislation in the Hawaii House of Representatives to make "Flavobacterium akiainvivens" the state microbe. This was mirrored by Brian Taniguchi in the Hawaii Senate. This continues an effort started by James Tokioka in 2013, and later