Thurya

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Thurya
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Thurya
Boiss. & Balansa

Thurya is a monotypic genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. [1] It only contains one known species, Thurya capitataBoiss. & Balansa [1]

It is native to Turkey. [1]

The genus name of Thurya is in honour of Jean Marc Antoine Thury (1822–1905), a Swiss naturalist and professor of botany at the University of Geneva. [2] The Latin specific epithet of capitata means having dense-headed growth and is derived from capitatus. [3] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in P.E.Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient., series.2, Vol.5 on pages 63-64 in 1856. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Thurya Boiss. & Balansa | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 March 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.
  3. ↑ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN   184533731X.
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