Mustards, Capers, and Allies
Brassicales
The Brassicales (or Cruciales) are an order of flowering plants, belonging to the eurosids II group of dicotyledons under the APG II system. One character common to many members of the order is the production of glucosinolate (mustard oil) compounds. Most systems of classification have included this order, although sometimes under the name Capparales (the name chosen depending on which is thought to have priority).
18 branches of this order, most-observed first
mustard family
familyBrassicaceae
Spider Flower Family
familyCleomaceae
caper family
familyCapparaceae
nasturtium family
familyTropaeolaceae
papaya family
familyCaricaceae
mignonette family
familyResedaceae
moringa family
familyMoringaceae
meadowfoam family
familyLimnanthaceae
turtleweed family
familyBataceae
toothbrush tree family
familySalvadoraceae
koeberlinia family
familyKoeberliniaceae
corkybark family
familyGyrostemonaceae
turnipwood family
familyAkaniaceae
tovaria family
familyTovariaceae
setchellanthus family
familySetchellanthaceae
frying pan plant family
familyTiganophytaceae
emblingia family
familyEmblingiaceae
oubli family
familyPentadiplandraceae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Brassicales in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 71275.