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The family containing mustard and its main characters are:

  1. A
    Brassicaceae - Tetramerous flowers, six stamens, bicarpellary gynoecium, siliqua type fruit
  2. B
    Brassicaceae - Pentamerous flowers, many stamens, pentacarpellary gynoecium, capsule type fruit
  3. C
    Solanaceae - Pentamerous flowers, five stamens, bicarpellary gynoecium, berry type fruit
  4. D
    Poaceae - Trimerous flowers, three stamens, monocarpellary gynoecium, caryopsis type of fruit.

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Mustard belongs to the family Brassicaceae (Cruciferae). Key features include tetramerous flowers (4 petals/sepals), tetradynamous stamens (6 total: 4 long, 2 short), a bicarpellary syncarpous ovary with parietal placentation, and a fruit called a siliqua.

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The family containing mustard and its main characters are:
A
Brassicaceae - Tetramerous flowers, six stamens, bicarpellary gynoecium, siliqua type fruit
B
Brassicaceae - Pentamerous flowers, many stamens, pentacarpellary gynoecium, capsule type fruit
C
Solanaceae - Pentamerous flowers, five stamens, bicarpellary gynoecium, berry type fruit
D
Poaceae - Trimerous flowers, three stamens, monocarpellary gynoecium, caryopsis type of fruit.

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