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

Menonvillea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Menonvillea
DC.
Synonyms
  • Cymatoptera Turcz.
  • Decaptera Turcz. Dispeltophorus
  • Lehm. Hexaptera
  • Hook.

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]

Known species

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According to Kew:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Menonvillea DC. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 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.