| Bivonaea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Bivonaea DC. |
| Species: | B. lutea |
| Binomial name | |
| Bivonaea lutea (Biv.) DC. | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
Thlaspi luteumBiv. | |
Bivonaea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. [2] It includes a single species, Bivonaea lutea, an annual native to Algeria, Sardinia, Sicily, and Tunisia in the central Mediterranean region. [1]
The species was first described as Thlaspi luteum by Antonino de Bivona-Bernardi in 1806. In 1821 Augustin Pyramus de Candolle placed in the new monotypic genus Bivonaea as Bivonaea lutea. [1]