This article needs attention from an expert in taxonomyor plants. The specific problem is: The taxonomy appears to have been recently revised.(March 2025) |
| Brassicoideae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Subfamily: | Brassicoideae Prantl & Karl |
Brassicoideae is a subfamily contained within the family Brassicaceae of flowering plants. [1] It is one of the two subfamilies of Brassicaceae, along with Aethionemoideae, and contains five supertribes -- Arabodae, Brassicodae, Camelinodae, Heliophilodae, and Hesperodae. [2] [3] Containing the vast majority of genera and 98.6% of species within the mustard family, it has the same distribution as the family in general—that is, a cosmopolitan distribution focused on temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere. [2]
Brassicoideae contains the following five supertribes: [2] [3]