Scientific name Capsella Rank Genus | Higher classification Cabbage family | |
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Similar Cabbage family, Thlaspi, Thlaspi arvense, Cardamine, Sisymbrium |
Capsella is a genus of herbaceous plant and biennial plants in the mustard family Brassicaceae. It is a close relative of Arabidopsis, Neslia, and Halimolobos.

Some recent authors circumscribe Capsella to contain only three species: Capsella bursa-pastoris, Capsella rubella and Capsella grandiflora.
Capsella rubella is a self-fertilizing species that became self-compatible 50,000 to 100,000 years ago. Its outcrossing progenitor was Capsella grandiflora. In general, the shift from outcrossing to self-fertilization is among the most common transitions in flowering plants. Capsella rubella is studied as a model for understanding the evolution of self-fertilization.

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