Fortuynia (plant)

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Fortuynia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Fortuynia
Shuttlew. ex Boiss.
Synonyms
  • Boiss. Poir.
  • Burm.f. Fortuynia aucheri
  • Clypeola indica Shuttlew.
  • Fortuynia bungei Peltaria garcinii

Fortuynia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It only contains one species, Fortuynia garcinii (Burm.f.) Shuttlew.. [1]

It is native to Iran, Afghanistan and western Pakistan.[1]

It is named after Mr. Fortuyne, an unknown person from present-day Jakarta, Indonesia.[2] It was first described and published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., séries 2, Vol.16 on page 379 in 1841.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Fortuynia Shuttlew. ex Boiss. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

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