Henophyton is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.[1]
| Henophyton | |
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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: | Henophyton Coss. & Durieu |
| Synonyms | |
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Henonia Coss. & Durieu | |
Its native range is northern Africa. It is found in the countries of Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia.[1]
The genus name of Henophyton is in honour of Jean Baptiste Adrien Hénon (1821–1896), a French military language interpreter, teacher of Arabic in Algeria and also plant collector.[2] It was first published and described in Bull. Soc. Bot. France Vol.2 on page 625 in 1855.[1]
Known species, according to Kew:[1]
- Henophyton deserti (Coss. & Durieu) Coss. & Durieu
- Henophyton zygarrhenum (Maire) Gómez-Campo
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Henophyton Coss. & Durieu | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ 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.