The Cabbage family,brassica oleracea,includes broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, kohlrabi, kale, collards, and the Oriental leaf vegetables such aspak choiorpe-tsai,familiar to us as napa cabbage, that are actually more closely related to the turnip family. Wild cabbage, native of the Medi...
(orderBrassicales), composed of 338generaand some 3,700species. The family includes many plants of economic importance that have been extensively altered and domesticated by humans, especially those of thegenusBrassica,which includescabbage,broccoli,Brussels sprouts,kale,kohlrabi,napa cabbage,turnip, ...