Brassicoideae

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Brassicoideae is a subfamily contained within the family Brassicaceae of [flowering plant]]s.[1] It is one of the two subfamilies of Brassicaceae, along with Aethionemoideae, and contains five supertribes -- Arabodae, Brassicodae, Camelinodae, Heliophilodae, and Hesperodae.[2][3] Containing the vast majority of genera and 98.6% of species within the mustard family, it has the same distribution as the family in general -- that is, a cosmopolitan distribution focused on temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere.[2]

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Brassicoideae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Subfamily: Brassicoideae
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Taxonomy

Brassicoideae contains the following five supertribes:[2][3]

  • Arabodae
  • Brassicodae
  • Camelinodae
  • Heliophilodae
  • Hesperodae

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