Menkea

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Menkea
Menkea sphaerocarpa flowers.jpg
Menkea sphaerocarpa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Menkea
Lehm.

Menkea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. [1] Species of the genus are native to Australia. [1]

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Taxonomy

The genus name of Menkea is in honour of Karl Theodor Menke (1791–1861), a German malacologist and balneologist who was a native of Bremen. He is remembered for his research on snails. [2] It was first described in 1843. [1]

Known species

According to Kew: [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Menkea Lehm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  2. ↑ 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.
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