蕹菜是台湾重要的夏季蔬菜之一，每年栽培面积约2500公顷左右，占全年短期叶菜类的2～3％。桃园区农业改良场收集了许多蕹菜地方品种，于1989年起开始办理蕹菜的品种选育工作，通过选拔、品系比较及区域试验，1995年6月经农林厅园艺作物命名审查委员会通过，将由北部竹叶种中选 Brasenia schreberi is one of the important summer vegetables in Taiwan, with an annual cultivated area of ​​about 2,500 hectares and accounting for 2 to 3% of the annual short-term leafy vegetables. Taoyuan District Agricultural Improvement Center collected many of the local varieties of Brasenia dorato, beginning in 1989 for the selection of Brasenia schreberi breeding work, selection, comparison of strains and regional trials, in June 1995 by Agriculture and Forestry Horticultural Crops named review committee will be adopted by Northern selection of bamboo species