| Goerkemia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Goerkemia Yıld. |
| Species: | G. turcica |
| Binomial name | |
| Goerkemia turcica Yıld. | |
Goerkemia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. [1] It contains just one species, Goerkemia turcica, which is endemic to Asiatic Turkey. [2]
Its genus name of Goerkemia is in honour of Görkem Yıldırımlı (20th and 21st centuries), a Turkish plant collector and son of the botanist Şinasi Yıldırımlı (b. 1949); they both founded a herbarium. [3] It was first described and published in Ot Sist. Bot. Dergisi Vol.6 Issue 2 on page 2 in (1999. publ. 2000). [1]