Brassicoideae


Brassicoideae is a subfamily contained within the family Brassicaceae of flowering plants. It is one of the two subfamilies of Brassicaceae, along with Aethionemoideae, and contains five supertribes -- Arabodae, Brassicodae, Camelinodae, Heliophilodae, and Hesperodae. 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.

Taxonomy

Brassicoideae contains the following five supertribes:
  • Arabodae
  • Brassicodae
  • Camelinodae
  • Heliophilodae
  • Hesperodae