Foleyola

Foleyola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Foleyola Maire
Species:	F. billotii
Binomial name
Foleyola billotii Maire

Foleyola is a monotypic genus belonging to the Brassicaceae family. Its only species is Foleyola billotii native to North Africa in Algeria, Mauritania and Morocco. ^[1]

Taxonomy

Foleyola billotii was first described by René Maire. ^[2] The individual flowers have purple petals and are spaced along the inflorescence. ^[3] Its growth habit is as a shrub. It grows in arid areas. The number of chromosomes is n=16. ^[4]

References

1. "Foleyola billotii - type specimens". JSTOR Global Plants. ITHAKA. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
2. Maire, Rene Charles (1925). "Foleyola billotii". Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord. 16: 90.
3. Peltier, Jean-Paul. "Foleyola billotii". Plant biodiversity of south-western Morocco. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
4. Warwick, S I; Black, L D; Anderson, J K (1993). Warwick, S I; Anderson, J K (eds.). "Chromosome numbers in the tribe Brassiceae (Cruciferae)". Guide to the Wild Germplasm of Brassica and Allied Crops. Part II. Chromosome Numbers in the Tribe Brassiceae (Cruciferae). Techn. Bull. Ottawa: Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research, Agriculture Canada: 4 - 10.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)