Narrative

Mustard Family (Cruciferae) is a very large family of mostly herbs. There are about 2,500 to 3,000 species usually organized into about 400 different genera. The family is important for food including brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, raddishes, mustard, and turnips. The family contains several weeds that are particularly troublesome to farmers in the genera Brassica and Barbarea. Modern botanists would like to change the name of this family to the Brassicaceae family. There are about 700 species arranged into about 100 genera in greater North America.

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