Ianhedgea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.[1] The only species is Ianhedgea minutiflora.[1]

Ianhedgea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Ianhedgea
Al-Shehbaz & O'Kane
Species:
I. minutiflora
Binomial name
Ianhedgea minutiflora
(Hook.f. & Thomson) Al-Shehbaz & O'Kane
Synonyms
  • Guillenia minutiflorum (Hook.f. & Thomson) Bennet
  • Hesperis minutiflora (Hook.f. & Thomson) Kuntze
  • Microsisymbrium minutiflorum (Hook.f. & Thomson) O.E.Schulz
  • Sisymbrium minutiflorum Hook.f. & Thomson

Its native range is from Iran to Central Asia and Tibet. It is found in the countries of Afghanistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Tibet, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.[2]

The genus name of Ianhedgea is in honour of Ian Charleson Hedge (b. 1928), a Scottish botanist at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh.[3] The Latin specific epithet of minutiflora means 'minute' meaning small and 'flora' meaning flower.

Both genus, species and subspecies were first described and published in Edinburgh J. Bot. Vol.56 on page 322 in 1999.[2]

It has a subspecies Ianhedgea minutiflora subsp. brevipedicellata (Hedge) Al-Shehbaz & O'Kane (syn. Microsisymbrium murgabicum Ikonn.) from Afghanistan and Tajikistan. [4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ianhedgea Al-Shehbaz & O'Kane | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Ianhedgea minutiflora (Hook.f. & Thomson) Al-Shehbaz & O'Kane | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  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.
  4. ^ "Ianhedgea minutiflora subsp. brevipedicellata (Hedge) Al-Shehbaz & O'Kane | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 October 2021.