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Brassica (mustard)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Brassica (/ˈbræsᵻkə/) is a genus of plants in the mustard family (Brassicaceae). The members of the genus are informally known as cruciferous vegetables, cabbages, or mustard plants. Crops from this genus are sometimes called cole crops—derived from the Latin caulis, denoting the stem or stalk of a plant. The genus is native in the wild in Western Europe, the Mediterranean and temperate regions of Asia and many wild species grow as weeds, especially in North America, South America, and Australia.
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Species

Brassica actinophylla <Unverified Name>
Brassica aelleniana
Brassica alba
Brassica arvensis
Brassica asiatica <Unverified Name>
Brassica assyriaca
Brassica aucheri
Brassica azurea
Brassica baldensis
Brassica balearica
Brassica barrelieri
Brassica beytepeensis
Brassica bivoniana
Brassica boetica
Brassica botrytis (broccoli)
Brassica bourgeaui
Brassica brevirostrata
Brassica bullata
Brassica cadmea
Brassica campestris
Brassica capitata
Brassica carinata (Ethiopian mustard) (Attributes)
Brassica caularapa
Brassica caulorapa (kohlrabi)
Brassica cespitosa
Brassica cretica (mustard) (Attributes)
Brassica deflexa
Brassica deserti
Brassica desnottesii
Brassica dianae
Brassica drepanensis (Endangered)
Brassica elongata (elongated mustard) (Attributes)
Brassica eruca
Brassica erucastrum
Brassica erucoides
Brassica flutescens
Brassica foliosa
Brassica forskahli
Brassica frutescens
Brassica fruticulosa (Mediterranean cabbage) (Attributes)
Brassica gallicum
Brassica gravinae
Brassica hilarionis (Endangered)
Brassica incana
Brassica insularis
Brassica juncea (mustard greens) (Attributes)
Brassica laevigata
Brassica lanceolata
Brassica macrocarpa (Eruca macrocarpa) (Critically Endangered)
Brassica maricandoides
Brassica maurorum
Brassica mesopotamica
Brassica montana
Brassica moricandoides
Brassica napobrassica (rutabaga)
Brassica napus (Rapeseed) (Attributes)
Brassica nigra (Black Mustard) (Attributes)
Brassica nipponica
Brassica nivalis
Brassica olearacea <Unverified Name>
Brassica oleracea (broccoli) (Attributes)
Brassica oleraceae <Unverified Name>
Brassica ovalis
Brassica oxyrrhina
Brassica pollichii
Brassica pourretii
Brassica procumbens
Brassica raimondoi
Brassica rapa (Attributes)
Brassica repanda
Brassica retrorsa
Brassica richeri
Brassica rupestris (mustard)
Brassica saxatilis
Brassica scoposa
Brassica sisymbrioides
Brassica somalensis
Brassica souliei
Brassica spinescens
Brassica tinei
Brassica tournefortii (Asian mustard) (Attributes)
Brassica trichocarpa
Brassica tyrrhena
Brassica villosa
Brassica violacea

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0