What is Brassicaceae?
{{Taxobox | image = Barbarea vulgaris1.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = [[Winter Cress]] (''Barbarea vulgaris)'' | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Brassicales]] | familia = '''Brassicaceae''' | familia_authority = [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]] }} '''Brassicaceae''' is a [[Family (biology)|family]] of [[plant]]s including [[mustard]], [[wasabi]], and [[horseradish]]. They are also called the mustard family, or [[cabbage]] family. Some plants in this family are [[hot]] when you [[eat]] them, so they are used as [[spice]]s. Another group includes the cabbages, where there are [[broccoli]], [[cauliflower]], and cabbage. Another name for this family is [[Cruciferae]]. The [[flower]]s of this family have four [[petal]]s and look like a cross. The name comes from the [[genus]] in it, [[Brassica]]. {{-}} == Image gallery == <gallery> Image:DrabaAizoides.jpg|''[[Draba aizoides]]'' Image:Starr_990614-1007_Lepidium_bidentatum_var._o-waihiense.jpg|''[[Lepidium bidentatum]]'' Image:Herderstasje_bladrozet_(Capsella_bursa-pastoris).jpg|Incised leaves of ''[[Capsella bursa-pastoris]]'' Image:Schleifenblume06.jpg|Corymbs of ''[[Iberis umbellata]]'' Image:Arabidopsis thaliana inflorescencias.jpg|Corymbs of ''[[Arabidopsis thaliana]]'' Image:Cardamine pulcherrima 01057t.JPG|Flower of ''[[Cardamine pulcherrima]]'' Image:Kleine veldkers hauw (Cardamine hirsuta seedpods).jpg|Siliquae of ''[[Cardamine hirsuta]]'' Image:Raphanus sativus silique IP0209056.jpg|Loment-like siliquae of ''[[Raphanus sativus]]'' Image:Isatis.tinctoria.pods.jpg|Samara-like siliquae of ''[[Isatis tinctoria]]'' Image:Cabbage.jpg|Cabbage (''[[Brassica oleracea]]'') Image:Brassica rapa turnip.jpg|Turnips (''[[Brassica rapa]]'') Image:Rapsfeld bei Kappeln Schleswig Holstein.jpg|Rapeseed field in Germany (''[[Brassica napus]]'') Image:Matthiola incana6.jpg|''[[Matthiola incana]]'' </gallery> {{commons}} {{wikispecies}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Brassicace