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BRASSICACEAE (cabbages, cresses etc - formerly Cruciferae)

Subtaxa

Rank	Taxon
Species	Alliaria petiolata (M.Bieb.) Cavara & Grande (Garlic Mustard, Jack By The Hedge, Hedge Garlic)		11				15
Species	Alyssum alyssoides (L.) L. (Small Alison)						1
Species	Alyssum saxatile L. (Golden Alyssum)						3
Species	Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. (Thale Cress)		10				1
Genus	Arabis (rock cresses)	5	7	13	6		9
Species	Armoracia rusticana Gaertner, & Scherb. (Horse Radish)		1				10
Genus	Barbarea (winter-cresses)	1	9	1			3
Species	Berteroa incana (L.) DC. (Hoary Alison)						1
Species	Biscutella laevigata (a garden crucifer)						1
Genus	Brassica (cabbages, mustards, turnips and rape)	14	26				100
Species	Bunias erucago L. (Southern Warty-cabbage)						1
Species	Bunias orientalis L. (Warty Cabbage)		6	5
Species	Cakile maritima Scop. (Sea Rocket)		7				3
Genus	Camelina (golds of pleasure)	1					2
Species	Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medikus (Shepherd’s Purse)		9	1			7
Genus	Cardamine (bitter-cresses)	7	50	27		3	22
Genus	Cochlearia (scurvygrasses)	5	27	20	2		10
Species	Coincya wrightii (O.Schulz) Stace (Lundy Cabbage)					1	1
Species	Coronopus didymus (L.) Smith (Lesser Swine-cress)		11	10
Species	Coronopus squamatus (Forsskaol) Asch. (Swine-cress)			8			1
Species	Crambe maritima L. (Sea-kale)		11				2
Species	Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl (Flixweed)		15				3
Genus	Diplotaxis (wall-rockets)	2	2				3
Genus	Draba (whitlowgrasses)	1
Species	Draba incana L. (Hoary Whitlowgrass)						1
Genus	Erophila (whitlowgrasses)	2
Aggregate	Erophila verna sens. lat. (common whitlowgrass)	1	30	29			1
Species	Erucastrum gallicum (Willd.) O.Schulz (Hairy Rocket)						1
Genus	Erysimum (wall flowers)	2					12
Genus	Hesperis (dame's-violets)	1	12				4
Species	Hirschfeldia incana (L.) Lagr.-Fossat (Hoary Mustard)		5	1		1
Genus	Iberis (candytufts)	1	7				3
Species	Isatis tinctoria L. (Woad)						1
Genus	Lepidium (pepperworts)	6	17	41			11
Genus	Lunaria L. (honesties)	2	7				5
Species	Malcolmia maritima (L.) R.Br. (Virginia Stock)						1
Genus	Matthiola (stocks)	2	6				4
Genus	Raphanus (radishes)	4	4				16
Genus	Rorippa (yellow-cresses)	8	20	37		1	24
Genus	Sinapis (wild mustards)	2	1				21
Genus	Sisymbrium (rockets)	4	8	1			25
Species	Teesdalia nudicaulis (L.) R.Br. (Shepherd's Cress)		16				1
Genus	Thlaspi (penny-cresses)	1
Species	Thlaspi arvense L. (Field Penny-cress)		4	6			3

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

BRASSICACEAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with BRASSICACEAE:

(live)	live is parasitised by colony	Peronospora parasitica - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	is foodplant of larva	Meligethes coracinus - a pollen beetle (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
	is foodplant of larva	Meligethes viridescens - a pollen beetle (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
	is foodplant of larva	Baris lepidii - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992 [in marshy places]
	is foodplant of	Ceuthorrhynchus pallidactylus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
	is foodplant of larva	Ceutorhynchus assimilis - Cabbage Seed Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
	is foodplant of larva	Ceutorhynchus contractus - Cabbage Leaf Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
	is foodplant of larva	Ceutorhynchus floralis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
	is foodplant of larva	Ceutorhynchus hepaticus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
	is foodplant of larva	Ceutorhynchus rapae - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
	is foodplant of larva	Ceutorhynchus sulcicollis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
green parts (live)	live green parts is swollen by colony	Albugo candida - White Blister Or White Rust Of Brassicaceae (Peronosporales: Albuginaceae)		Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
inflorescence	inflorescence is galled by larva	Dasineura sisymbrii - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)		Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf (live)	live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Alternaria brassicicola - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (midrib of larger leaf)	leaf (midrib of larger leaf) may contain larva	Phytomyza rufipes - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf (underside)	leaf (underside) is grazed by gregarious larva	Athalia glabricollis - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)		Benson, R.B., 1952
leaf (underside)	leaf (underside) is grazed by gregarious larva	Athalia lugens - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)		Benson, R.B., 1952
leaf (underside)	leaf (underside) is grazed by gregarious larva	Athalia rosae - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)		Benson, R.B., 1952
leaf	leaf is galled by	Aphis brassicae (Homoptera: Aphididae)		Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Liriomyza strigata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine follows midrib with short offshoots along lateral veins]
leaf	leaf is grazed by imago	Psylliodes chrysocephala - Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf	leaf is grazed by larva	Psylliodes chrysocephala - Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf	leaf is grazed by imago	Psylliodes napi - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf	leaf is grazed by larva	Psylliodes napi - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf	leaf may have puparium	Phytomyza rufipes - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972
pollen	pollen is collected to provision nest of female	Andrena niveata - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)		Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
root	root is galled by	Plasmodiophora brassicae - a protozoan slime mould (Plasmodiophorales: Plasmodiophoraceae)		Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 ["Club Root, or "Finger-and-toe"]
stem (base, or just below)	stem (base, or just below) is galled by	Agrobacterium tumefaciens		Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
stem	stem is galled by	Albugo - white rusts (Peronosporales: Albuginaceae)		Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
stem	stem may contain larva	Phytomyza rufipes - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972
stem	stem may have puparium	Phytomyza rufipes - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972

Brassicaceae may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

References