Schimpera | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Brassicales |
Family: | Brassicaceae |
Genus: | Schimpera Steud. & Hochst. ex Endl. |
Species: | S. arabica |
Binomial name | |
Schimpera arabica Hochst. & Steud. | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Schimpera is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. The only species is Schimpera arabica. [2]
Its native range is eastern Mediterranean to Iran and Arabian Peninsula. It is found in Egypt, the Gulf States, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria and the Sinai desert. [2]
The genus name of Schimpera is in honour of Georg Wilhelm Schimper (1804–1878), a German botanist and naturalist. [3] The genus has the synonym of TrailliaLindl. ex Endl. [2] The Latin specific epithet of arabica means coming from the land of the Arabs. It was first described and published in Gen. Pl. on page 889 in 1839. [2] The species was first published in E.G.von Steudel, Nomencl. Bot., ed.2, Vol.2 on page 530 in 1841. [1]
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Georg Heinrich Wilhelm Schimper was a German botanist and naturalist.
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