Almost all are soft herbs, often annual or short-lived, but a few are shrubby. Leaves are alternate and simple or deeply lobed, often with a mustard or cabbage smell. Flowers are usually white, yellow or pink with four, free petals. The arrangement of stamens is characteristic: there are almost always 6 stamens in 2 whorls, an outer whorl of 2 short stamens, and an inner whorl of 4 longer ones. Fruits are short or elongate, flattened or cylindrical 2-valved capsules, the valves falling to leave exposed a persistent, thin, often white false septum. source: ABRS Flora of Australia Online
The family consists mostly of herbaceous plants with annual, biennial or perennial lifespans. However, around the Mediterranean they include also a dozen woody shrubs 1m - 3m tall, e.g. in northern Africa (Zilla spinosa and Ptilotrichum spinosum) , in the Dalmatian islands (Dendralyssum and Cramboxylon) , and chiefly in Canarias with some woody cruciferous genera: Dendrosinapis, Descurainia, Parolinia, Stanleya, etc. . ... source: Wikipedia
| Accepted name | Source |
|---|---|
| Brassicaceae |
| Synonyms | Source |
|---|---|
| Cruciferae Juss. | |
| Published in: Jussieu, A.L. de 1789, Genera Plantarum | |
| Cruciferae Juss. | |
| Published in: Mabberley, D.J. 2008, Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3. | |
| Cruciferae Juss. | |
| Published in: Cronquist, A.J. 1981, An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants | |
| Cruciferae Juss. | |
| Published in: Appel, O. & Al-Shehbaz, I.A. 2002, Cruciferae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 5 75-174 | |
| Cruciferae Juss. | |
| Published in: Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. 1970, Flora of the Australian Capital Territory | |
| Cruciferae Juss. | |
| Published in: Curtis, W.M. 1956, The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1 | |
| Cruciferae Juss. | |
| Published in: Black, J.M. 1924, Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2 155-358 | |
| Cruciferae Juss. | |
| Published in: Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. 1975, Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2. 1 | |
| Cruciferae Juss. | |
| Published in: Costin, A.B., Gray, M., Totterdell, C.J. & Wimbush, D.J. 1979, Kosciusko Alpine Flora Edn. 1. | |
| Cruciferae Juss. | |
| Published in: Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. 1962, Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains | |
| Common name | Source |
|---|---|
| Cabbage Family |
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