Alshehbazia

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Alshehbazia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Clade: Malvids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Alshehbazia
Salariato & Zuloaga

Alshehbazia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It contains three species native to the Andes of South America, ranging from Peru to southern Argentina and Chile. [1]

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Species

Three species are accepted. [1]

Taxonomy

The genus was first described and published in Kew Bull. Vol.70 (Issue 4) in 2015. It was initially monotypic, containing only A. hauthallii. In 2019 A. friesii and A. werdermannii were placed in the genus. [1]

The genus name of Alshehbazia is in honour of Ihsan Ali Al-Shehbaz, Ph.D. (born 1939 in Iraq) is an Iraqi American botanist who works as adjunct professor at University of Missouri-St. Louis and Senior Curator at Missouri Botanical Garden. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Alshehbazia Salariato & Zuloaga | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  2. ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN   978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID   246307410 . Retrieved January 27, 2022.
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