Editing Cardamine (section)

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants in the cabbage family Brassicaceae}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Cardamine oligosperma 6649.JPG
|image_caption = ''[[Cardamine oligosperma]]''
|taxon = Cardamine
|authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = See [[list of Cardamine species|list of ''Cardamine'' species]]
|synonyms_ref = <ref name=powo/>
|synonyms = {{Species list
|Dentaria |Tourn. ex L.
|Dracamine |Nieuwl.
|Ghinia |Bubani
|Heterocarpus |Phil.
|Iti |Garn.-Jones & P.N.Johnson
|Loxostemon |Hook.f. & Thomson
|Sphaerotorrhiza |(O.E.Schulz) A.P.Khokhr.
}}
}}

'''''Cardamine''''' is a large [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s in the mustard family, [[Brassicaceae]], known as '''bittercresses''' and '''toothworts'''. It contains more than 200 species of [[Annual plant|annuals]] and [[Perennial plant|perennials]].<ref name=powo/> Species in this genus can be found in diverse [[habitat (ecology)|habitats]] worldwide, except the Antarctic.<ref name=powo/>  The name ''Cardamine'' is derived from the Greek ''kardaminē'', [[water cress]], from ''kardamon'', [[pepper grass]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cardamine|title=Definition of CARDAMINE|website=Merriam-webster.com|access-date=16 December 2021}}</ref>