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Brassicaceae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Brassicaceae are herbs or rarely subshrubs comprising about 350 genera and 3,000 species. The leaves are alternate or rarely opposite and typically are simple but sometimes have deeply parted segments; stipules are lacking.
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BRASSICACEAE (formerly CRUCIFERAE) - The Cabbage Family ... Recently, the international panel of botanists who rule on these things decided that all plant families ought to have the same ending (-aceae), and be named after a plant typical of the family, so the family is now called Brassicaceae after the type plant,
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BRASSICACEAE - Cabbage Family ... Formerly known as the Cruciferae, because it has four petals held open in the shape of a cross, this family includes many important vegetables and agricultural crops. There are over 3000 species throughout the world, but the largest number are ... Previous page Brassicaceae continued...
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Family Overview - The Capparales Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) - the Mustard Family ... Whatever the specific process, the resulting gynoecium of the Brassicaceae is bilocular with an unusal septum - the replum - that is probably derived from ancestral carpels. The replum is an excellent key character for the family because...
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Formerly known as the Cruciferae, because it has four petals held open in the shape of a cross, this family includes many important Several have bright yellow flowers and can be difficult to distinguish from each other before fruits have formed. ... Guide to Identify Presented Genera and Species for the Mustard Family...
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Wildflower indentification tools and a photo gallery with plants grouped according to families. ... Plants of the Mustard Family ... There are more; Mustard Family pictures at the Texas A&M Biometrics Experimental Database.
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It is the flowers that make the Brassicaceae one of our easier families to recognize. They are (usually) radially symmetric, with 4 sepals, 4 petals, 6 stamens (2 short and 4 long), and a single bilocular pistil having parietal placentation.
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Classification for Kingdom Plantae Down to Family Brassicaceae ... Click on names to expand them, and on P for PLANTS profiles. ... Family Brassicaceae – Mustard family...
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