Schouwia

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Schouwia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Schouwia
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Synonyms [1]
  • Cyclopterygium breviseptumHochst.
  • Cyclopterygium longiseptumHochst.
  • Psychine arabica(Vahl) Spreng.
  • Schouwia arabica(Vahl) DC.
  • Schouwia brassicifoliaJaub. & Spach
  • Schouwia breviseptaHochst.
  • Schouwia glastifoliaJaub. & Spach
  • Schouwia purpurea f. albifloraMaire
  • Schouwia schimperiJaub. & Spach
  • Schouwia thebaicaWebb
  • Subularia purpureaForssk.
  • Thlaspi arabicumVahl

Schouwia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. [2] It only contains one known species, Schouwia purpurea(Forssk.) Schweinf. [2]

Its native range is Sahara and Sahel to the Arabian Peninsula (Palestine and Saudi Arabia). It is found in the African countries of Algeria, Burkina, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. [2] [1]

The genus name of Schouwia is in honour of Joakim Frederik Schouw (1789–1852), a Danish lawyer, botanist and politician. From 1821, he was a professor in botany at the University of Copenhagen. [3] The genus has 2 known synoyms; CyclopterygiumHochst. and SubulariaForssk. [2] The Latin specific epithet of purpurea means purplish or purple-like. [4] It was first described and published in Syst. Nat. Vol.2 on page 643 in 1821. [2] Then the species was published in Bull. Herb. Boissier Vol.4 (App. 2) on page 183 in 1896. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Schouwia purpurea (Forssk.) Schweinf". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Schouwia DC. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 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. S2CID   187926901 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ↑ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN   978-1845337315.
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