Menonvillea | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Brassicales |
Family: | Brassicaceae |
Genus: |
Menonvillea DC. |
Synonyms | |
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Menonvillea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. [1]
It is 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]
According to Kew: [1]
Menonvillea | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Brassicales |
Family: | Brassicaceae |
Genus: |
Menonvillea DC. |
Synonyms | |
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Menonvillea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. [1]
It is 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]
According to Kew: [1]