Menonvillea
| Menonvillea | |
|---|---|
| Menonvillea filifolia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Menonvillea DC. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Menonvillea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.[1]
It includes 24 species native to Chile and western Argentina.[1]
The genus name of Menonvillea is in honour of Nicolas-Joseph Thiéry de Menonville (1739–1780), a French botanist who volunteered to be sent to Mexico in 1776 to steal the cochineal insect valued for its scarlet dye.[2] It was first described and published in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. Vol.7 on page 236 in 1821.[1]
Accepted species
According to Kew 24 species are accepted.[1]
- Menonvillea chilensis (Turcz.) B.D.Jacks.
- Menonvillea cicatricosa (Phil.) Rollins
- Menonvillea comberi Sandwith
- Menonvillea constitutionis (Phil.) Rollins
- Menonvillea cuneata (Gillies & Hook.) Rollins
- Menonvillea famatinensis (Boelcke) Rollins
- Menonvillea filifolia Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
- Menonvillea flexuosa Phil.
- Menonvillea frigida (Phil.) Rollins
- Menonvillea linearifolia (Hook. & Arn.) Al-Shehbaz & Salariato
- Menonvillea linearis DC.
- Menonvillea littoralis (Barnéoud) Rollins
- Menonvillea macrocarpa (I.M.Johnst.) Rollins
- Menonvillea marticorenae (Al-Shehbaz) Salariato & Al-Shehbaz
- Menonvillea minima Rollins
- Menonvillea nordenskjoeldii (Dusén) Rollins
- Menonvillea orbiculata Phil.
- Menonvillea patagonica Speg.
- Menonvillea pinnatifida Barnéoud
- Menonvillea purpurea (G.T.Hastings) Rollins
- Menonvillea rigida Rollins
- Menonvillea scapigera (Phil.) Rollins
- Menonvillea spathulata (Gillies & Hook.) Rollins
- Menonvillea virens (Phil.) Rollins
- Menonvillea zuloagaensis Al-Shehbaz
Formerly placed here
- Aimara rollinsii (Al-Shehbaz & Martic.) Salariato & Al-Shehbaz (as Menonvillea rollinsii Al-Shehbaz & Martic.)[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Menonvillea DC. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Aimara rollinsii (Al-Shehbaz & Martic.) Salariato & Al-Shehbaz". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 September 2025.