# Brassicaceae
## Translingual
### Etymology

Brassica +‎ -aceae

### Proper noun

Brassicaceae
* A taxonomic family within the order Brassicales – mustard or cabbage family. The alternative name is Cruciferae.

#### Usage notes

* [ Capparaceae + [ Cleomaceae + Brassicaceae ] ] forms a clade within Brassicales, as does [ Cleomaceae + Brassicaceae ], but no name for these clades has been generally accepted.

#### Synonyms

* (family): Cruciferae - accepted alternative name

#### Hypernyms

* (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids – clades; Brassicales – order

#### Hyponyms

* (family): Aethionemeae, Alysseae, Alyssopsideae, Anastaticeae, Anchonieae, Aphragmeae, Arabideae, Asteae, Biscutelleae, Boechereae, Brassiceae, Buniadeae, Calepineae, Camelineae, Cardamineae, Chorisporeae, Cochlearieae, Coluteocarpeae, Conringieae, Cremolobeae, Crucihimalayeae, Descurainieae, Dontostemoneae, Erysimeae, Euclidieae, Eudemeae, Eutremeae, Halimolobeae, Heliophileae, Hesperideae, Iberideae, Isatideae, Kernereae, Lepidieae, Megacarpaeeae, Microlepidieae, Notothlaspideae, Oreophytoneae, Physarieae, Schizopetaleae, Scoliaxoneae, Sisymbrieae, Smelowskieae, Stevenieae, Thelypodieae, Thlaspideae, Turritideae, Yinshanieae – tribes
** Aethionemeae: Aethionema (syns. Acanthocardamum, Campyloptera, Crenularia, Diastrophis, Disynoma, Iondra, Lipophragma, Moriera);
** Alysseae: Acuston, Alyssoides, Alyssum, Aurinia, Berteroa, Bornmuellera (syn. Physocardamum), Brachypus, Clastopus (syn. Straussiella), Clypeola, Cuprella, Degenia, Fibigia, Galitzkya, Hormathophylla, Irania, Lepidotrichum, Lutzia, Meniocus, Odontarrhena, Physoptychis, Pterygostemon, Resetnikia, Takhtajaniella
** Alyssopsideae: Alyssopsis, Calymmatium (syn. Nasturtiicarpa), Dielsiocharis, Olimarabidopsis, Phyllolepidum
** Anastaticeae Anastatica, Cithareloma, Diceratella, Eigia, Eremobium, Farsetia (syn. Cleomodendron), Lachnocapsa, Lobularia (syn. Asuseton), Marcus-kochia, Maresia, Morettia, Notoceras (syn. Diceratium), Parolinia
** Anchonieae Anchonium, Eremoblastus, Iskandera, Matthiola (syn. Lonchophora, Mathiolaria, Pirazzia, Triceras), Micrantha, Microstigma, Petiniotia, Sterigmostemum (syn. Oreoloma, Sterigma), Synstemon, Zerdana
** Aphragmeae: Aphragmus (syns. Staintoniella, Lignariella, Oreas, Orobium)
** Arabideae: See Arabideae.
** Asteae: Asta
** Biscutelleae: Biscutella (syn. Iondraba), Megadenia
** Boechereae: Anelsonia, Boechera, Borodinia (syn. Shortia), Cusickiella (syn. Cusickia), Nevada, Phoenicaulis, Polyctenium, Sandbergia, Yosemitea
** Brassiceae See Brassiceae
** Buniadeae: Bunias (syn. Laelia)
** Calepineae: Calepina, Goldbachia (syns. Anguillicarpus, Spirocarpus, Spirorhynchus), Leiocarpaea
** Camelineae: Arabidopsis (syns. Cardaminopsis, Hylandra, Stenophragma), Camelina (syn. Linostrophum), Capsella (syns. Bursa, Solmsiella), Catolobus, Chrysochamela, Neslia (syns. Vogelia), Noccidium, Pseudoarabidopsis
** Cardamineae: See Cardamineae
** Chorisporeae: Chorispora (syn. Chorispermum), Diptychocarpus (syns. Alloceratium, Orthorrhiza), Litwinowia, Parrya (syns. Achoriphragma, Neuroloma, Pseudoclausia)
** Cochlearieae: Cochlearia (syns. Cochleariopsis, Minaea, Pastorea), Ionopsidium (syn. Glaucoochlearia)
** Coluteocarpeae: Atropatenia, Callothlaspi, Friedrichkarlmeyeria, Ihsanalshebazia, Kotschyella, Masmenia, Microthlaspi, Neurotropis, Noccaea (syns. Apterigia, Brossardia, Coluteocarpus, Cruciunula, Iberidella, Lagowskia, Noccaeopsis, Raparia, Syrenopsis), Pseudosempervivum, Thlaspiceras, Vania
** Conringieae: Conringia (syns. Goniolobum, Gorinkia), Zuvanda
** Cremolobeae: Aimara, Cremolobus (syns. Loxoptera, Urbanodoxa), Menonvillea (syns. Cymatoptera, Decaptera, Dispeltophorus, Hexaptera)
** Crucihimalayeae Crucihimalaya (syns. Beringia, Transberingia), Ladakiella
** Descurainieae Descurainia (syns. Discurea, Hugueninia, Sophia), Hornungia (syns. Hutchinsiella, Hymenolobus, Microcardamum, Pritzelago), Ianhedgea, Robeschia, Trichotolinum, Tropidocarpum (syns. Agallis, Twisselmannia)
** Dontostemoneae: Clausia, Dontostemon (syns. Alaida, Andreoskia, Dimorphostemon, Hesperidopsis)
** Erysimeae: Erysimum (syns. Acachmena, Agonolobus, Cheiri, Cheirinia, Cuspidoria, Dichroanthus, Erysimastrum, Gynophorea, Schelhaameri, Strophades, Stylonema, Syrenia, Syreniopsis, Zederbauera)
** Euclidieae: See Euclidieae.
** Eudemieae: Alshehbazia, Aschersoniodoxa (syn. Gongylis), Brayopsis, Dactylocardamum, Delpinophyton, Delpinophytum (syn. Delpinoella), Eudema, Onuris, Xerodraba (syns. Skottsbergianthus, Skottsbergiella)
** Eutremeae: Eutrema (syns. Chalcanthus, Esquiroliella, Glaribraya, Martinella, Neomartinella, Pegaeophyton, Platycraspedum, Taphrospermum, Thellungiella, Wasabia), Pegaephyton
** Halimolobeae: Exhalimolobos, Halimolobos (syn. Poliophyton), Mancoa (syn. Hartwegiella), Pennellia (syns. Heterothrix, Lamprophragma), Sphaerocardamum (syn. Cibotarium)
** Heliophileae: Cleome?, Heliophila (syns. Brachycarpaea, Carponema, Cycloptychis, Leptormus, Ormiscus, Orthoselis, Pachystyllum, Palmstruckia, Prisciana, Schlechteria, Selenocarpaea, Silicularia, Thlaspeocarpa, Trentepohlia)
** Hesperideae: Hesperis (syn. Antoniana, Deilosma, Diplopilosa, Hesperidium, Kladnia, Plagioloba, Sperihedium), Tchihatchewia (syn. Neotchihatchewia)
** Iberideae: Iberis (syns. Biauricula, Metathlaspi), Teesdalia (syns. Folis, Guepinia, Teesdaliopsis)
** Isatidae: Chartoloma, Glastaria, Isatis (syns. Boreava, Goerkemia, Martinsia, Pachypteris, Pachypterygium, Sameraria, Tauscheria, Tetrapterygium), Myagrum, Schimpera, Texiera
** Kernereae: Kernera, Rhizobotrya
** Lepidieae: Cyphocardamum, Lepidium (syns. Carara, Cardamon, Conocardamum, Cyncardamum, Dileptium, Kandis, Lasioptera, Lepicochlea, Nasturtiastrum, Neolepia, Papuzilla, Physolepidion, Senckenbergia, Spregeria, Stroganowia, Winklera), Lithodraba
** Malcolmieae: Malcolmia (syn. Wilckia)
** Megacarpaeeae: Megacarpaea, Pugionium
** Microlepidieae: Arabidella, Ballantinia, Blennodia, Carinavalva, Cuphonotus, Drabastrum, Geococcus, Harmsiodoxa, Irenepharsus, Menkea, Microlepidium, Pachycladon (syns. Cheesemania, Ischnocarpus), Pachymitus, Phlegmatospermum, Scambopus, Stenopetalum
** Notothlaspideae" Notothlaspi
** Oreophytoneae: Murbeckiella, Oreophyton
** Physarieae: Dimorphocarpa, Dithyrea, Lyrocarpa, Nerisyrenia (syns. Greggia, Parrasia), Paysonia, Physaria (syns. Coulerina, Lesquerella), Synthlipsis
** Schizopetaleae: Mathewsia, Schizopetalon (syn. Perreymondia)
** Scoliaxoneae: Scoliaxon
** Sisymbrieae: Ochthodium, Pseudofortuynia, Sisymbrium (syns. Leptocarpaea, Lycocarpus, Norta, Pachpodium, Phryne, Schoenocrambe, Tricholobus, Velarum)
** Smelowskieae: Smelowskia (syns. Acroschizocarpus, Chrysanthemopsis, Ermania, Gorodkovia, Hedinia, Hediniopsis, Melanidion, Redowskia, Sinosophiopsis, Sophiopsis)
** Stevenieae: Macropodium, Stevenia (syns. Berteroella, Ptilotrichum)
** Thelypodieae: See Thelypodieae.
** Thlaspideae: Alliaria, Didymophysa, Elburzia, Graellsia (syn. Physalidium), Pachyphragma (syn. Pterolobium), Gagria, Parlatoria, Peltaria, Peltariopsis, Pseudocamelina, Pseudovesicaria, Sobolewskia, Thlaspi (syns. Carpoceras, Perspicillum, Teruncius, Thlaspidea)
** Turritideae: Turritis,
** Yinshanieae: Yinshania (syn. Cochleariella)
** Andrzeiowskia, Asperuginoides, Camelinopsis, Chamira, Dipoma, Heldreichia, Hemilophia, Idahoa, Lunaria, Parodiodoxa, Petrocallis, Pyramidium, Raphanorhyncha, Ricotia, Subularia, Veselskya – unassigned genera

### References

* Brassicaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Brassicaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Category:Brassicaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Brassicaceae at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
* Brassicaceae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
* Brassicoideae at APWeb
* Brassicaceae at Paleobiology Database
* Brassibase for tribes, etc.