Brassicales facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Brassicales
Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) Family Brassicaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Subclass:	Rosidae
(unranked):	Eurosids II
Order:	Brassicales Bromhead
Families
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The Brassicales are an order of flowering plants. They are in the eurosids II group of dicotyledons under the APG II system.

Classification

• Order Brassicales
  • Family Akaniaceae
  • Family Bataceae (salt-tolerant shrubs from America and Australasia)
  • Family Brassicaceae (mustard and cabbage family)
  • Family Capparaceae (caper family, sometimes included in Brassicaceae)
  • Family Caricaceae (papaya family)
  • Family Gyrostemonaceae
  • Family Koeberliniaceae
  • Family Limnanthaceae (meadowfoam family)
  • Family Moringaceae (thirteen species of trees from Africa and India)
  • Family Pentadiplandraceae
  • Family Resedaceae (mignonette family)
  • Family Salvadoraceae
  • Family Setchellanthaceae
  • Family Tovariaceae
  • Family Tropaeolaceae (nasturtium family)

Images for kids

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See also

In Spanish: Brassicales para niños