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Brassicales

Angiospermae - Brassicales

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Brassicales Bromhead p. 416
2008Brassicales Taylor et al. p. 1029
2011Brassicales Jud
2016Brassicales The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
RankNameAuthor
—Eurosids
—Malvids
orderBrassicales
orderBrassicales

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Or. Brassicales Bromhead 1838
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Fm. †Akaniaceae Stapf 1912
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G. †Akania Hook
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†Akania americana Romero and Hickey 1976
†Akania patagonica Gandolfo et al. 1988
Fm. Brassicaceae Burnett 1835
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G. Capsella Medikus 1792
G. Crucihimalaya Al-Shehbaz et al. 1999
G. Cuprella Salmerón-Sánchez et al. 2015
G. Eigia Soják 1980
G. Hurkaea Al-Shehbaz et al. 2022
G. Idahoa Nelson and Macbride 1913
G. †Lepidiopsis Belicher and Fliche 1889
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†Lepidiopsis tufacea Bleicher and Fliche 1889
G. Nasturtium Aiton 1812 [watercress]
G. Pterygostemon Botschantzeva 1977
G. Rhammatophyllum Schultz 1933
G. †Rorippides McIver and Basinger 1993
G. Sinalliaria Jin et al. 2014
G. Teesdalia Aiton 1812
Invalid names: Cruciferae de Jussieu 1789 [synonym]
Fm. Cleomaceae von Berchtold and Presl 1825
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G. Cleome Linnaeus 1753 [spider flower]
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Cleome dodecandra Linnaeus 1753
Cleome fruticosa Linnaeus 1753
Cleome gynandra Linnaeus 1753
Cleome icosandra Linnaeus 1753
Cleome monophylla Linnaeus 1753
Cleome violaceo Linnaeus 1753
Cleome viscosa Linnaeus 1753
Fm. Resedaceae von Berchtold and Presl 1820
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G. Ochradiscus Blanco and Wetzel 2016
Invalid names: Borthwickiaceae Su et al [synonym], Stixidaceae Doweld [synonym]
Fm. Salvadoraceae Lindley 1836
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G. Salvadora Linnaeus 1753
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Salvadora persica Linnaeus 1753
Fm. Tiganophytaceae Swanepoel et al. 2020
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G. Tiganophyton Swanepoel et al. 2020
Invalid names: Bataceae Perleb 1838 [empty], Capparaceae Jussieu 1789 [empty], Caricaceae Dumortier 1829 [empty], Emblingiaceae Agardh 1858 [empty], Gyrostemonaceae Endlicher 1845 [empty], Koeberliniaceae Engler 1895 [empty], Limnanthaceae Brown 1833 [empty], Moringaceae Rafinesque-Schmaltz 1820 [empty], Pentadiplandraceae Hutchinson and Dalzell 1928 [empty], Setchellanthaceae Iltis 1999 [empty], Tovariaceae Pax 1891 [empty], Tropaeolaceae von Berchtold and Presl 1824 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (83 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) Akania sp. (133752 133753)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Middle Eocene58.7 - 37.71Argentina (Chubut) Akania americana, Akania patagonica (140298)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Argentina (Chubut) Akania patagonica (133043 133045 133047 133054 133057 133065)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene33.9 - 15.97Australia (Victoria) Gyrostemonaceae indet. (169006 169007 169237)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Russian Federation (Tomsk) Cleome rugosa (23663)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation (Tomsk) Cleome rugosa (23906 23907 23908)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Brandenburg) Cleome rugosa (23060)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation (Omsk) Cleome rugosa (24078 24079)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) Cleome rugosa (22899 23056 23059 23355 23611 23618 23665)
Late/Upper Miocene - Middle Miocene11.608 - 11.608Russian Federation (Omsk) Cleome rugosa (24093)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Russian Federation (Omsk) Cleome rugosa (24094 24098 24099 24100 24286 24317 24320 24321)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia (Victoria) Gyrostemonaceae indet. (172830 172832 172833 172836 172837 172867 172868 172870 172871 172873 172874 172875 172876 172877 172878 172879 172880 172881 172882 172883 172884)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Jammu and Kashmir) Brassicaceae indet. (228772)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Jammu & Kashmir) Brassicaceae indet. (225945)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Gyrostemonaceae indet. (168889)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Brassicaceae indet., Nasturtium sp. (228809)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Brassicaceae indet. (228760 228761 228776)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Rajasthan) Brassicaceae indet., Cleome sp., Salvadora sp. (228811) Cleome sp. (228785 228789)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Jammu and Kashmir) Brassicaceae indet. (228774 228775)
Calabrian - Holocene1.8 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Salvadoraceae indet. (22072)
Ionian (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Italy (Apulia) Brassicaceae indet. (157640)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129India (Jammu and Kashmir) Brassicaceae indet. (228782)
Ionian - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Italy (Apulia) Brassicaceae indet. (157642)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Cruciferae indet. (93677)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Cruciferae indet. (163075) Cruciferae indet., Capsella bursapastoris (163070)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Utah) Brassicaceae indet. (93326)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) Brassicaceae indet. (228788)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Rajasthan) Brassicaceae indet., Cleome sp. (228790)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Jammu and Kashmir) Brassicaceae indet. (228783)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Cruciferae sp. (136951 142745)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Brassicaceae indet. (228784)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Brassicaceae indet. (228764)