Angiospermae - Brassicales - Brassicaceae
Synonym: Cruciferae de Jussieu 1789
Full reference: G. T. Burnett. 1835. Outlines of botany: including a general history of the vegetable kingdom, in which plants are arranged according to the system of natural affinities.
Parent taxon: Brassicales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Bromhead 1838, Mabberley 2000 and McIver and Basinger 1993
Sister taxa: Akaniaceae, Bataceae, Capparaceae, Caricaceae, Cleomaceae, Emblingiaceae, Gyrostemonaceae, Koeberliniaceae, Limnanthaceae, Moringaceae, Pentadiplandraceae, Resedaceae, Salvadoraceae, Setchellanthaceae, Tiganophytaceae, Tovariaceae, Tropaeolaceae
Subtaxa: Capsella Crucihimalaya Cuprella Eigia Hurkaea Idahoa Isatides Lepidiopsis Nasturtium Pterygostemon Rhammatophyllum Rorippides Sinalliaria Teesdalia Virgimparicutis
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (2 collections), India (15), Italy (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: Utah, Washington)
Total: 23 collections including 25 occurrences