Fortuynia garcinii

Fortuynia garcinii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Fortuynia
Shuttlew. ex Boiss.
Species:
F. garcinii
Binomial name
Fortuynia garcinii
(Burm.f.) Shuttlew.
Synonyms[1]
  • Clypeola indica Poir.
  • Fortuynia aucheri Shuttlew.
  • Fortuynia aucheri var. bungei (Boiss.) Parsa
  • Fortuynia bungei Boiss.
  • Peltaria garcinii Burm.f.

Fortuynia garcinii is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is the sole species in genus Fortuynia.[2] It is a subshrub native to Iran, Afghanistan, and western Pakistan, where it grows in deserts and dry shrublands.[1]

The species was first described as Peltaria garcinii by Nicolaas Laurens Burman in 1768.[1] In 1841 Robert J. Shuttleworth described and published the genus Fortuynia in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., séries 2, Vol.16 on page 379 in 1841.[2] The genus is named after Mr. Fortuyne, an unknown person from present-day Jakarta, Indonesia.[3] Shuttleworth placed the species in genus Fortuynia the following year.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Fortuynia garcinii (Burm.f.) Shuttlew". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Fortuynia Shuttlew. ex Boiss. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  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.