Brassicaceae: Polypetalae

Brassicaceae also known as the mustards, the crucifers, or the cabbage family, in the order of Brassicales, are the dicotyledonous-flowering plants, containing about 372 genera and approximately 4060 species, mostly herbs, rarely subshrubs, mainly distributed in N hemisphere, especially the Mediterranean regions. Roots are with inflating tuber roots, occasionally with tubers. Stems are erect, ascending or diffuse. Leaves are usually alternate, simple, entire, lyrate or pinnate compound, exstipulate. Flowers are bisexual, actinomorphic, arranged to racemose.