Quezeliantha

Quezeliantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Quezeliantha
H.Scholz
Species:
Q. tibestica
Binomial name
Quezeliantha tibestica
(H.Scholz) H.Scholz
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Quezelia H.Scholz
  • Quezelia tibestica H.Scholz

Quezeliantha is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.[2] It only contains one known species, Quezeliantha tibestica, a biennial endemic to the northwestern Tibesti Mountains in the central Sahara of northern Chad.[1]

The genus name of Quezeliantha is in honour of Pierre Ambrunaz Quézel (1926–2015), a French doctor, botanist and ecologist.[3] The Latin specific epithet of tibestica refers to the Tibesti Mountains. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Taxon Vol.31 on page 558 in 1982.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Quezeliantha tibestica (H.Scholz) H.Scholz". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "Quezeliantha H.Scholz | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 October 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.