Goerkemia

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Goerkemia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Goerkemia
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Goerkemia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. [1] It contains just one species, Goerkemia turcica Yild. [2]

It is native to Turkey. [1]

It's 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Goerkemia Yild. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  2. "Goerkemia turcica Yild. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  3. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN   978-3-946292-26-5 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.