Eremobium

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Eremobium
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cuckoo bee (Nomada fenestrata) nectar foraging on Eremobium aegyptiacum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Eremobium
Boiss.
Species:
E. aegyptiacum
Binomial name
Eremobium aegyptiacum
(Spreng.) Asch. ex Boiss.
Synonyms [1]

Malcolmia aegyptiacaSpreng.

Eremobium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. [2] It includes a single species, Eremobium aegyptiacum, which is native to the Sahara Desert of northern Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Sinai Peninsula and southern Levant, Iraq, Iran, and Pakistan. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Eremobium aegyptiacum (Spreng.) Asch. ex Boiss". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  2. "Eremobium Boiss. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 May 2021.