Menonvillea

Menonvillea
Menonvillea filifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Menonvillea DC.
Synonyms [1]
CymatopteraTurcz. DecapteraTurcz. DispeltophorusLehm. HexapteraHook.

Menonvillea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. ^[1]

It includes 24 species native to Chile and western Argentina. ^[1]

The genus name of Menonvillea is in honour of Nicolas-Joseph Thiéry de Menonville (1739–1780), a French botanist who volunteered to be sent to Mexico in 1776 to steal the cochineal insect valued for its scarlet dye. ^[2] It was first described and published in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. Vol.7 on page 236 in 1821. ^[1]

Accepted species

According to Kew 24 species are accepted. ^[1]

• Menonvillea chilensis (Turcz.) B.D.Jacks.
• Menonvillea cicatricosa (Phil.) Rollins
• Menonvillea comberi Sandwith
• Menonvillea constitutionis (Phil.) Rollins
• Menonvillea cuneata (Gillies & Hook.) Rollins
• Menonvillea famatinensis (Boelcke) Rollins
• Menonvillea filifolia Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
• Menonvillea flexuosa Phil.
• Menonvillea frigida (Phil.) Rollins
• Menonvillea linearifolia (Hook. & Arn.) Al-Shehbaz & Salariato
• Menonvillea linearis DC.
• Menonvillea littoralis (Barnéoud) Rollins
• Menonvillea macrocarpa (I.M.Johnst.) Rollins
• Menonvillea marticorenae (Al-Shehbaz) Salariato & Al-Shehbaz
• Menonvillea minima Rollins
• Menonvillea nordenskjoeldii (Dusén) Rollins
• Menonvillea orbiculata Phil.
• Menonvillea patagonica Speg.
• Menonvillea pinnatifida Barnéoud
• Menonvillea purpurea (G.T.Hastings) Rollins
• Menonvillea rigida Rollins
• Menonvillea scapigera (Phil.) Rollins
• Menonvillea spathulata (Gillies & Hook.) Rollins
• Menonvillea virens (Phil.) Rollins
• Menonvillea zuloagaensis Al-Shehbaz

Formerly placed here

• Aimara rollinsii (Al-Shehbaz & Martic.) Salariato & Al-Shehbaz (as Menonvillea rollinsiiAl-Shehbaz & Martic.) ^[3]

References

1. "Menonvillea DC. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 15 September 2025.
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.
3. "Aimara rollinsii (Al-Shehbaz & Martic.) Salariato & Al-Shehbaz". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 15 September 2025.