Family · Rosids
Brassicaceae
Crucifers — cabbage, mustard, canola
Herbs with four-petalled cross-shaped flowers and pungent mustard oils; includes cabbage, mustard, canola and cress.
- Accepted species
- 4,258accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 358accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈28 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Asia-Temperatemost native species · WGSRPD
Open Brassicaceae in the treePan, zoom and dig into its genera in the interactive view.›
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Largest genera
Draba469 spp.
Cardamine280 spp.
Erysimum273 spp.
Lepidium266 spp.
Noccaea134 spp.
Alyssum112 spp.
Physaria110 spp.
Rorippa103 spp.
Arabis101 spp.
Boechera101 spp.
Heliophila97 spp.
Isatis92 spp.
Odontarrhena88 spp.
Aethionema68 spp.
Biscutella68 spp.
Streptanthus57 spp.
Hesperis55 spp.
Matthiola54 spp.
Sisymbrium48 spp.
Descurainia47 spp.
Eutrema45 spp.
Parrya42 spp.
Diplotaxis41 spp.
Crambe36 spp.
Solms-laubachia36 spp.
Barbarea33 spp.
Brassica33 spp.
Iberis32 spp.
Mostacillastrum31 spp.
Farsetia28 spp.
Smelowskia26 spp.
Erucastrum25 spp.
Aubrieta24 spp.
Menonvillea24 spp.
Strigosella24 spp.
Braya22 spp.
Weberbauera19 spp.
Cochlearia17 spp.
Thelypodium17 spp.
Polypsecadium15 spp.
Aphragmus14 spp.
Neuontobotrys14 spp.
Romanschulzia14 spp.
Chorispora13 spp.
Crucihimalaya13 spp.
Yinshania13 spp.
Arabidopsis12 spp.
Dontostemon12 spp.
Guenthera12 spp.
Malcolmia12 spp.
Sibara12 spp.
Nerisyrenia11 spp.
Pachycladon11 spp.
Schizopetalon11 spp.
Stenopetalum11 spp.
Bornmuellera10 spp.
Erucaria10 spp.
Eudema10 spp.
Hormathophylla10 spp.
Mancoa10 spp.
The 298 smaller genera are in the interactive tree.
Where it grows
- Asia-Temperate1,846
- Europe938
- Northern America798
- Africa548
- Southern America448
- Asia-Tropical353
- Australasia184
- Pacific9
- Antarctic7
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Brassicaceae sits in the order Brassicales.