Mummenhoffia
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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: | Mummenhoffia Esmailbegi & Al-Shehbaz |
Mummenhoffia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.[1]
Its native range is Europe to Turkey, Ethiopia to Tanzania. It is found in Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kenya, Romania, Sicily, Spain, Tanzania, Turkey, Ukraine and Yugoslavia.[1]
The genus name of Mummenhoffia is in honour of Klaus Mummenhoff (b.1956), a German botanist, specialist in Brassicaceae and Professor at the Osnabrück University.[2]
The genus was circumscribed by Shokou Esmailbegi and Ihsan Ali Al-Shehbaz in Taxon vol.67 (Issue 2) on page 334 in 2018.
Species:[1]
- Mummenhoffia alliacea (L.) Esmailbegi & Al-Shehbaz
- Mummenhoffia oliveri (Engl.) Esmailbegi & Al-Shehbaz
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Mummenhoffia Esmailbegi & Al-Shehbaz | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.