Delpinophytum

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Delpinophytum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Delpinophytum
Speg.
Species:
D. patagonicum
Binomial name
Delpinophytum patagonicum
(Speg.) Speg.
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • DelpinoellaSpeg.
  • Coronopus patagonicus(Speg.) Muschl.
  • Delpinoella patagonicaSpeg.

Delpinophytum is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae, [1] with one species, Delpinophytum patagonicum, a subshrub native to southern Argentina. [2]

The species was first described as Delpinoella patagonica by Carlo Luigi Spegazzini in 1902. The genus was named after Italian botanist Federico Delpino (1833–1905), [3] then published and described in Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires Vol.9 on page 9 in 1903. [4]


References

  1. 1 2 "Delpinophytum Speg. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Delpinophytum patagonicum (Speg.) Speg". Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  3. ↑ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN   978-0-8493-2676-9.
  4. ↑ "Delpinophytum patagonicum (Speg.) Speg. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 25 August 2021.
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