Taxon Description (Wikipedia)
The
Brassicales 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).
[Hall et al. (2002)]
The order typically contains the following families
[Haston et al. (2007)]:
* Family Akaniaceae
* Family Bataceae (salt-tolerant shrubs from America and Australasia)
* Family mustard and cabbage family) (may include the Cleomaceae)
* Family Capparaceae (caper family, sometimes included in Brassicaceae)
* Family...
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