list of plants in the family Brassicaceae

list of plants in the family Brassicaceae, Commonly known as the mustard family, Brassicaceae contains some 350 genera and more than 4,100 species of flowering plants distributed throughout the world. Brassicaceae species are characterized by four-petalled cross-shaped flowers that feature two long and two short stamens and produce podlike fruits known as siliques. The following is a list of some of the major genera and species in Brassicaceae, arranged alphabetically by common name.

• arugula (Eruca sativa)
• basket-of-gold (Aurinia saxatilis)
• bittercress (genus Cardamine)
• cabbage and relatives (genus Brassica)

  • bok choy (Brassica rapa, variety chinensis)
  • brown mustard (Brassica juncea)
  • broccoli (Brassica oleracea, variety italica)
  • Brussels sprouts (Brassica oleracea, variety gemmifera)
  • cabbage (Brassica oleracea, variety capitata)
  • cauliflower (Brassica oleracea, variety botrytis)
  • collard (Brassica oleracea, variety acephala)
  • kale (Brassica oleracea, variety acephala)
  • kohlrabi (Brassica oleracea, variety gongylodes)
  • napa cabbage (Brassica rapa, variety pekinensis)
  • rape (Brassica napus, variety napus)
  • rutabaga (Brassica napus, variety napobrassica)
  • turnip (Brassica rapa, variety rapa)
• candytuft (genus Iberis)
• charlock (Sinapis arvensis)
• dame’s rocket (Hesperis matronalis)
• honesty (genus Lunaria)
• horseradish (Armoracia rusticana)
• Kerguelen cabbage (Pringlea antiscorbutica)
• pennycress (genus Thlaspi)
• peppergrass (genus Lepidium)

  • maca (Lepidium meyenii)
• radish (Raphanus sativus)

  • daikon (R. sativus, variety longipinnatus),
• rock cress (genus Arabis)
• rocket (genus Sisymbrium)
• rose of Jericho (Anastatica hierochuntica)
• sea kale (Crambe maritima)
• sea rocket (genus Cakile)
• shepherd’s purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
• stock (genus Matthiola)
• stonecress (genus Aethionema)
• sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima)
• thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana)
• wallflower (genus Erysimum)
• wasabi (Eutrema japonicum)
• watercress (Nasturtium officinale)
• white mustard (Sinapis alba)
• whitlow grass (genus Draba)
• wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum)
• winter cress (genus Barbarea)
• woad (Isatis tinctoria)
• yellow cress (genus Rorippa)