Fortuynia garcinii
| Fortuynia garcinii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Fortuynia Shuttlew. ex Boiss. |
| Species: | F. garcinii
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| Binomial name | |
| Fortuynia garcinii (Burm.f.) Shuttlew.
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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
- ^ a b c d "Fortuynia garcinii (Burm.f.) Shuttlew". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ^ a b "Fortuynia Shuttlew. ex Boiss. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 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.