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| Eutrema tenue in bloom | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Eutrema R.Br. (1824)[1] |
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Eutrema is a genusofflowering plants of the family Brassicaceae, native to the Holarctic. Its best known member is wasabi, Eutrema japonicum. The name comes from the Greek εὐ- (eu-) 'well' et τρῆμα (trêma) 'hole', because of a hole in the septum of the fruit.[3]
It is native to subarctic and subalpine regions of Eurasia and North America and to temperate Asia.[2]
Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of April 2024:[2]
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