Megadenia

Megadenia
Megadenia pygmaea in Primorsky Krai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Megadenia
Maxim.[1]
Species:
M. pygmaea
Binomial name
Megadenia pygmaea
Maxim.

Megadenia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.[2] It includes a single species, Megadenia pygmaea, an annual native to subalpine areas of western and central China, Tibet, and the southern Russian Far East (Primorsky Krai). It is believed extinct in Buryatia.[3]


References

  1. ^ Maximowicz, C. J (1889). Flora tangutica [Tangut flora] (in Latin). Petropoli: typis Academiae imperialis scientiarum petropolitanae. p. 76. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.65520.
  2. ^ "Megadenia Maxim. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Megadenia pygmaea Maxim". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 30 September 2025.