There are around 350 genera in the plant family Brassicaceae. The type genus is Brassica (cabbage and mustards). Genera with a large number of species are Alyssum (madworts), Arabis (rockcresses), Cardamine (bittercresses), Draba (whitlow-grasses), Erysimum (wallflowers), Heliophila, Lepidium (pepperworts), Noccaea, Odontarrhena, Physaria (bladderpods), and Rorippa (yellowcresses).
The following list includes the 354 genera that are accepted by Plants of the World Online as of July 2025.Brassicaceae Burnett. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 July 2025. Other sources include the Update on the Brassicaceae species checklist The dataset is also available at https://data.catalogueoflife.org/dataset/2305/about (). or v1.3 of BrassiBase (as accessed in late 2021).
A–B
Abdra Acirostrum Acuston Aethionema Aimara Alliaria Alshehbazia Altriarabis Alyssoides Alyssopsis Alyssum Ammosperma Anastatica Ancashia Andrzeiowskia Anelsonia Anzhengxia Aphragmus Aplanodes Arabidella Arabidopsis Arabis Arcyosperma Armoracia Aschersoniodoxa Asperuginoides Asta Atacama Atelanthera Athysanus Aubrieta Aurinia Baimashania Ballantinia Barbamine Barbarea Bengt-jonsellia Berteroa Bifurcipilus Biscutella Bivonaea Blennodia Boechera Borealandea Bornmuellera Borodinia Botschantzevia Brachypus × Brassarda (Brassica × Mutarda) Brassica Braya Bunias
C–D
Cakile Calepina Calymmatium Camelina Camelinopsis Capsella Cardamine Carinavalva Carrichtera Catenulina Catolobus Ceratocnemum Chamira Chartoloma Chaunanthus Chilocardamum Chlorocrambe Chorispora Christolea Chrysochamela Cithareloma Clastopus Clausia Clypeola Cochlearia Coincya Conringia Cordylocarpus Crambe Crambella Cremolobus Crucihimalaya Cryptospora Cuphonotus (synonym of Lemphoria) Cuprella Cusickiella Cymatocarpus Dactylocardamum Degenia Delpinophytum Descurainia Diceratella Dichasianthus Dictyophragmus Didesmus Didymophysa Dielsiocharis Dilophia Dimorphocarpa Diplotaxis Dipoma Diptychocarpus Dithyrea Dontostemon Douepea Draba Drabastrum Drabella Dryopetalon Dvorakia
E–I
Eigia Enarthrocarpus Englerocharis Eremobium Eremoblastus Eremophyton Eruca Erucaria Erucastrum Erysimum Euclidium Eudema Eutrema Exhalimolobos Farsetia Fezia Fibigia Foleyola Fortuynia Fourraea Galitzkya Geococcus Glastaria Goerkemia Goldbachia Gongylis Graellsia Guiraoa Gynophorea Halimolobos Harmsiodoxa Hedinia Heldreichia Heliophila Hemicrambe Hemilophia Henophyton Hesperidanthus Hesperis Hirschfeldia Hollermayera Hormathophylla Hornungia Horwoodia Hurkaea Ianhedgea Iberis Idahoa Iljinskaea Iodanthus Ionopsidium Irania Irenepharsus Isatis Iskandera Ivania
K–M
Kernera Kremeriella Lachnocapsa Lachnoloma Ladakiella Leavenworthia Leiospora Lemphoria Lepidium Lepidostemon Lepidotrichum Leptaleum Litwinowia Lobularia Lonchophora Lunaria Lutzia Lycocarpus Lyrocarpa Lysakia Machaerophorus Macropodium Malcolmia Mancoa Marcus-kochia Maresia Mathewsia Matthiola Megacarpaea Megadenia Meniocus Menkea Menonvillea Metashangrilaia Microlepidium Microstigma Morettia Moricandia Moriera Morisia Mostacillastrum Mummenhoffia Murbeckiella Muricaria Mutarda Myagrum
N–P
Nasturtiopsis Nasturtium Neotorularia Nerisyrenia Neslia Neuontobotrys Nevada Noccaea Noccaeopsis Noccidium Notoceras Notothlaspi Ochthodium Octoceras Odontarrhena Olimarabidopsis Onuris Oreoloma Oreophyton Ornithocarpa Orychophragmus Otocarpus Pachycladon Pachymitus Pachyneurum Pachyphragma Parlatoria Parodiodoxa Parolinia Parrya Parryodes Paysonia Peltaria Peltariopsis Pennellia Petiniotia Petrocallis Petroravenia Phlebolobium Phlegmatospermum Phoenicaulis Phravenia Phyllolepidum Physaria Physoptychis Physorhynchus Plagioloba Planodes Polyctenium Polypsecadium Pringlea Pseuderucaria Pseudoarabidopsis Pseudocamelina Pseudodraba Pseudoturritis Pseudovesicaria Psychine Pterygostemon Ptilotrichum Pugionium Pulvinatusia Pycnoplinthopsis Pycnoplinthus
Q–S
Quezeliantha Quidproquo Raffenaldia Raphanorhyncha Raphanus × Rapistrosymbrium (Rapistrum × Sisymerium) Rapistrum Resetnikia Rhammatophyllum Rhizobotrya Ricotia Robeschia Romanschulzia Rorippa Rudolf-kamelinia Rytidocarpus Sandbergia Sarcodraba Savignya Scambopus Scapiarabis Schimpera Schizopetalon Schouwia Schrenkiella Scoliaxon Selenia Shangrilaia Shehbazia Sibara Sinalliaria Sinapidendron Sinapis Sinoarabis Sisymbrella Sisymbriopsis Sisymbrium Smelowskia Sobolewskia Solms-laubachia Sphaerocardamum Spryginia Stanleya Stenodraba Stenodrabopsis Stenopetalum Sterigmostemum Stevenia Streptanthella Streptanthus Streptoloma Strigosella Subularia Succowia Synstemon Synthlipsis
T–Z
Takhtajaniella Teesdalia Terraria Tetracme Thelypodiopsis Thelypodium Thlaspi Thysanocarpus Tomostima Trichotolinum Tropidocarpum Turritis Vella Veselskya Warea Weberbauera Xerodraba Yinshania Yosemitea Yunkia Zahora Zilla Zuloagocardamum
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