Menkea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Menkea
Lehm.

Menkea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.[1]

It is native to Australia.[1]

The genus name of Menkea is in honour of Karl Theodor Menke (1791–1861), a German malacologist and balneologist who was a native of Bremen. He is remembered for his research on snails.[2] It was first described and published in Index Seminum (HBG, Hamburgensis) 1843 on page 8 in 1843.[1]

Known species

According to Kew:[1]

  • Menkea australis Lehm.
  • Menkea crassa E.A.Shaw
  • Menkea draboides (Hook.) Benth.
  • Menkea lutea E.A.Shaw
  • Menkea sphaerocarpa F.Muell.
  • Menkea villosula (F.Muell. & Tate) J.M.Black

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Menkea Lehm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  2. 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.
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