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Brassicales

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The Brassicales are an order of flowering plants, belonging to the rosid group of dicotyledons. The following families are included here:

  • Family Brassicaceae (mustard family)
  • Family Tovariaceae
  • Family Gyrostemonaceae
  • Family Resedaceae (mignonette family)
  • Family Pentadiplandraceae
  • Family Bataceae
  • Family Salvadoraceae
  • Family Koeberliniaceae
  • Family Limnanthaceae
  • Family Setchellanthaceae
  • Family Caricaceae (papaya family)
  • Family Moringaceae
  • Family Akaniaceae
  • Family Tropaeolaceae

Under the older Cronquist system, the Brassicales were called the Capparales, and included among the Dileniidae. The only families included were the Brassicaceae and Capparaceae , no longer treated separately, and the Tovariaceae, Resedaceae, and Moringaceae. Other forms now included here were placed in various different orders.

08-19-2006 11:17:08

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