Brassicaceae Burnett, Outlines Bot.: 854, 1093, 1123. Feb 1835, nom. cons., nom. alt.; Cruciferae Juss., Gen. Pl.: 237. 4 Aug 1789

German, Dmitry A., Hendriks, Kasper P., Koch, Marcus A., Lens, Frederic, Lysak, Martin A., Bailey, C. Donovan, Mummenhoff, Klaus & Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A., 2023, An updated classification of the Brassicaceae (Cruciferae), PhytoKeys 220, pp. 127-144 : 127

Brassicaceae Burnett, Outlines Bot.: 854, 1093, 1123. Feb 1835, nom. cons., nom. alt.; Cruciferae Juss., Gen. Pl.: 237. 4 Aug 1789 nom. cons.

Type.

Brassica L.

Distribution.

Cosmopolitan, centered in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

1. Subfamilial division

All phylogenetic studies over the past two and a half decades identify Aethionema W.T. Aiton as sister to all other Brassicaceae , which supports the recognition of two highly unequal subfamilies, the new unigeneric Aethionemoideae with 58 species and the much bigger Brassicoideae , comprising the other 98.6% of species and the rest of the generic and tribal diversity of the family.