Schimpera

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Schimpera
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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]
  • Schimpera arabica subsp. persica(Boiss.) Hadac & Chrtek
  • Schimpera persicaBoiss.

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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References

  1. 1 2 "Schimpera arabica Hochst. & Steud". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Schimpera Steud. & Hochst. ex Endl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 May 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.