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Brassicales

Alliaria petiolata (Garlic Mustard)
Conservation status
Taxonomy
Kingdom

Plantae

(unranked)

Angiosperms

(unranked)

Eudicots

(unranked)

Rosids

Order

Brassicales

Naming and discovery
Botanist

Bromhead

Brassicales is an order of flowering plants in the rosids group of dicotyledons under the APG II system. One common characteristic between all members of this oil is the production of glucosinolate (mustard oil) compounds. Most systems of plant classification have included this order, but some systems have it under the name Capparales.

Families[]

The order usually contains these families:

  • Akaniaceae
  • Bataceae
  • Brassicaceae
  • Capparaceae
  • Caricaceae
  • Cleomaceae
  • Emblingiaceae
  • Gyrostemonaceae
  • Koeberliniaceae
  • Limnanthaceae
  • Moringaceae
  • Pentadiplandraceae
  • Resedaceae
  • Salvadoraceae
  • Setchellanthaceae
  • Tovariaceae
  • Tropaeolaceae

Taxonomy[]

In the Cronquist system, the Brassicales were called Capparales, and included in the Dilleniidae. The only families included were the Brassicaceae and Capparaceae (which were included as separate families), the Tovariaceae, Resedaceae, and Moringaceae. Other taxa that were included here have been moved to different orders.

The Capparaceae and Brassicaceae are closely related. One group, consisting of Cleome and other related genera were traditionally placed in the Capparaceae, but doing so results in a paraphyletic Capparaceae. Therefor, this group is usually now added in the Brassicaceae or Cleomaceae family.

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