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The Plant Family Brassicaceae: An Introduction

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The Plant Family Brassicaceae

Part of the book series: Environmental Pollution ((EPOL,volume 21))

Abstract

This chapter introduces the plant family Brassicaceae (Cruciferae or mustard family) and also summarizes significant roles of some representative plant species from this family for metals and metalloids phytoremediation. Brassicaceae family is one of the largest dicot families of flowering (angiospermic) plant kingdom which comprises 10–19 tribes with a total of 338–360 genera and nearly 3,709 species. The Brassicaceae are easily recognized by having unique flowers [with four petals, forming a cross or sometimes reduced or lacking; six stamens, the outer two being shorter than the inner four (however, sometimes only two or four stamens are present) and capsule (having two valves capsule with a septum dividing it into two chambers)]. The plant family Brassicaceae includes several plant species of great scientific, economic and agronomic importance including model species (Arabidopsis and Brassica), developing model generic systems (Boechera, Brassica, and Cardamine), as well as many widely cultivated species. The well-known model plants from the family Brassicaceae viz., Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) and Brassica species have revolutionized our knowledge in almost every field of modern plant biology. In addition, several representatives of the family Brassicaceae are equally playing significant roles for achieving environmental sustainability.

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NAA (SFRH/BPD/64690/2009), IA, MP, ACD and EP are grateful to the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the Aveiro University Research Institute/Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM) for partial financial supports. SSG, SU and NAK would like to acknowledge the receipt of funds from DBT, DST and UGC, Govt. of India, New Delhi. Authors apologize if some references related to the main theme of the current chapter could not be cited due to space constraint.

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Anjum, N.A. et al. (2012). The Plant Family Brassicaceae: An Introduction. In: Anjum, N., Ahmad, I., Pereira, M., Duarte, A., Umar, S., Khan, N. (eds) The Plant Family Brassicaceae. Environmental Pollution, vol 21. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-3913-0_1

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