Brassicales

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

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

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.

 

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