BRASSICACEAE
(cabbages, cresses etc.)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Alliaria petiolata
Garlic Mustard, Jack By The Hedge, Hedge Garlic
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 		Species 11 images
Arabidopsis
a genus of flowering plants
Plant (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 15 images
Arabis
rock cresses
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 41 images
Armoracia rusticana
Horse Radish, Horse-radish
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 		Species 1 images
Barbarea
winter-cresses
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 10 images
Brassica
cabbages, mustards, turnips and rape
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 		Genus 4 subtaxa 92 images 2 ident. refs
Bunias orientalis
Warty Cabbage, Warty-cabbage
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 		Species 11 images
Cakile maritima
Sea Rocket
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 		Species 18 images
Capsella
a genus of flowering plants
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 10 images
Cardamine
bitter-cresses
Plant (Click to open)
 		Genus 7 subtaxa 88 images 3 ident. refs
Cochlearia
scurvygrasses
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 		Genus 3 subtaxa 97 images
Coincya
a genus of flowering plants
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Coincya monensis
a cabbage
Species 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Crambe
a genus of flowering plants
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 21 images
Descurainia
a genus of flowering plants
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 15 images
Diplotaxis
wall-rockets
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 25 images
Erophila
whitlowgrasses
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 74 images
Erysimum
wall flowers
Plant (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 14 images
Hesperis
dame’s-violets
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 12 images
Hirschfeldia incana
Hoary Mustard
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 		Species 6 images 2 ident. refs
Iberis
candytufts
(Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 7 images
Lepidium
pepperworts
Leaf (Click to open)
 		Genus 6 subtaxa 96 images 1 ident. refs
Lunaria
honesties
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 51 images
Matthiola
stocks
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 8 images
Pseudoturritis turrita
Tower Cress
Plant (Click to open)
 		Species 25 images
Raphanus
radishes
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 4 images
Rorippa
yellow-cresses and water-cresses
(Click to open)
 		Genus 5 subtaxa 91 images 1 ident. refs
Sinapis
wild mustards
Plant (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 41 images 1 ident. refs
Sisymbrium
rockets
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 9 images
Subularia aquatica
Awlwort
Species 1 ident. refs
Teesdalia nudicaulis
Shepherd’s Cress
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 		Species 16 images
Thlaspi
penny-cresses
Plant (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 10 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyBRASSICACEAE (cabbages, cresses etc.)
OrderBRASSICALES (cabbages, cresses, weld, mignonette, spiderflowers and garden nasturtiums)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Rich, T.C.G. 1991 Crucifers of Great Britain and Ireland BSBI Handbooks, No 6, 336pp, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)

BRASSICACEAE (cabbages, cresses etc.) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for BRASSICACEAE (cabbages, cresses etc.)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 712 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for BRASSICACEAE (cabbages, cresses etc.)

Cruciferae

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