Class
Order
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
- Alliaria
- Alyssum
- Arabidopsis
- Arabis
- Armoracia
- Aubrieta
- Aurinia
- Barbarea
- Brassica
- Cakile
- Camelina
- Capsella
- Cardamine
- Carrichtera
- Descurainia
- Diplotaxis
- Draba
- Eruca
- Erysimum
- Heliophila
- Hesperis
- Hirschfeldia
- Hymenolobus
- Iberis
- Lepidium
- Lobularia
- Lunaria
- Malcolmia
- Matthiola
- Nasturtium
- Neslia
- Notothlaspi
- Pachycladon
- Raphanus
- Rapistrum
- Rorippa
- Sinapis
- Sisymbrium
- Thlaspi
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Cruciferae
Synonymy:
- = Brassicaceae
Description
Fls perfect, regular, or nearly so, us. in bractless racemes; sepals 4, petals 4–(0); stamens us. 6, tetradynamous; anthers 2–(1)-celled. Ovary us. of 2 united carpels divided by a thin membrane into "cells"; stigmas 2, often connate; fr. us. dehiscent. Seeds us. without endosperm; cots accumbent [0= ] incumbent [0|| ] or sts conduplicate [0)) ]. Annual to perennial herbs or subshrubs with mostly alt. exstipulate lvs.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Biostatus
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Indigenous (Endemic): Extinct | 2 |
| Indigenous (Endemic) | 72 |
| Indigenous (Non-endemic) | 4 |
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 68 |
| Exotic: Casual | 13 |
| Total | 159 |
Bibliography
Connor, H.E. 1977: The Poisonous Plants in New Zealand. Edition 2. Government Printer, Wellington.
Cronquist, A. 1988: The evolution and classification of flowering plants. The New York Botanic Gardens, New York.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Mabberley, D.J. 2017: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 4. Cambridge University Press.
