Editing Brassicaceae (section)

== Distribution ==
Brassicaceae can be found almost on the entire land surface of the planet, but the family is absent from Antarctica, and also absent from some areas in the tropics i.e. northeastern Brazil, the [[Congo basin]], [[Maritime Southeast Asia]] and tropical [[Australasian realm|Australasia]]. The area of origin of the family is possibly the [[Irano-Turanian region]], where approximately 900 species occur in 150 different genera. About 530 of those 900 species are [[endemics]]. Next in abundance comes the [[Mediterranean region]], with around 630 species (290 of which are endemic) in 113 genera. The family is less prominent in the [[Saharo-Arabian region]]—65 genera, 180 species of which 62 are endemic—and North America (comprising the [[North American Atlantic region]] and the [[Rocky Mountain floristic region]])—99 genera, 780 species of which 600 are endemic. South America has 40 genera containing 340 native species, Southern Africa 15 genera with over 100 species, and Australia and New-Zealand have 19 genera with 114 species between them.<ref name=SB/>