Brassicales

Wild mignonette Reseda lutea, copyright Udo Schmidt.

Belongs within: Malvidae.
Contains: Limnanthaceae, Capparaceae, Brassicaceae.

The Brassicales are a clade of flowering plants characterised by the presence of glucosinolates, defensive compounds with a pungent shell and sharp taste.

<==Brassicales [Capparales, Resedales, Rhoeadales]
    |  i. s.: Dressiantha T00
    |         Emblingia T00 [Emblingiaceae APG16, Emblingioideae]
    |         Rhoeo discolor D51
    |--+--+--Bretschneidera [Bretschneideraceae] PT01
    |  |  `--Akania [Akaniaceae, Akaniales] PT01
    |  |       `--A. americana Romero & Hickey 1976 CBH93
    |  `--Tropaeolaceae [Tropaeolales] WM09
    |       |--Magallana T00
    |       |--Trophaeastrum T00
    |       `--Tropaeolum WM09 [incl. Cardamindum D01]
    |            |--T. majus WM09
    |            |--T. peregrinum PT01
    |            |--T. speciosum H59
    |            |--T. tricolor NDA05
    |            `--T. tuberosum H93
    `--+--+--Caricaceae WM09
       |  |    |--Carica papaya WM09 [=Papaya vulgaris C55]
       |  |    |--Cylicomorpha YY22
       |  |    `--Jacartia YY22
       |  `--Moringa [Moringaceae] PT01
       |       |--M. concanensis SDK05
       |       |--M. oleifera LK14
       |       |--M. ovalifolia CV06
       |       `--M. pterygosperma C55
       `--+--Limnanthaceae WM09
          `--+--Setchellanthus [Setchellanthaceae] PT01
             `--+--+--Koeberlinia [Koeberliniaceae, Koeberlinioideae] PT01
                |  |    `--K. spinosa RJ11
                |  |         |--K. s. ssp. spinosa H93
                |  |         `--K. s. ssp. tenuispina H93
                |  `--+--Batis [Bataceae] WM09
                |     |    |--B. argillicola LK14
                |     |    `--B. maritima WM09
                |     `--Salvadoraceae PT01
                |          |--Azima tetracantha T00, M72
                |          |--Dobera T00
                |          `--Salvadora persica T00, PDR05
                |               |--S. p. var. persica PDR05
                |               `--S. p. var. wightiana PDR05
                `--+--+--Tovariaceae [Tovarioideae] PT01
                   |  `--Pentadiplandra [Pentadiplandraceae, Pentadiplandroideae] PT01
                   `--+--+--Capparaceae WM09
                      |  `--Brassicaceae WM09
                      `--+--Gyrostemonaceae PT01
                         |    |--Gyrostemon PT01
                         |    |    |--G. australasicus H90
                         |    |    |--G. ramulosus KM08
                         |    |    |--G. subnudus RL05
                         |    |    `--G. thesioides [=Didymotheca thesioides] H90
                         |    `--Codonocarpus H90
                         |         |--C. attenuatus H90
                         |         |--C. australis C16
                         |         |--C. cotinifolius H90
                         |         `--C. pyramidalis H90
                         `--Resedaceae [Borthwickiaceae, Stixaceae, Stixidaceae] WM09
                              |--Ochradenus baccatus AGF98
                              |--Oligomeris linifolia H93
                              |--Caylusea hexagyna AGF98
                              |--Borthwickia APG16
                              |--Forchhammeria APG16
                              |--Stixis APG16
                              |--Tirania APG16
                              `--Reseda WM09 [incl. Sesamoides D01]
                                   |--R. alba WM09
                                   |--R. complicata F55
                                   |--R. lutea WM09
                                   |--R. luteola C55
                                   `--R. odorata PT01

*Type species of generic name indicated

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[T00] Thorne, R. F. 2000. The classification and geography of the flowering plants: dicotyledons of the class Angiospermae (subclasses Magnoliidae, Ranunculidae, Caryophyllidae, Dilleniidae, Rosidae, Asteridae, and Lamiidae). The Botanical Review 66: 441–647.

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