Pennellia
| Pennellia | |
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| Pennellia tricornuta | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Pennellia Nieuwl. |
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Pennellia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.[1]
Its native range is from western central and southern central USA (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas) and Mexico, to Central America (Costa Rica and Guatemala), Bolivia to southern South America (Argentina and Chile).[1]
The genus name of Pennellia is in honour of Francis W. Pennell (1886–1952), an American botanist best known for his studies of the Scrophulariaceae.[2] It was first described and published in Amer. Midl. Naturalist Vol.5 on page 224 in 1918.[1]
Species
[edit]The following species are recognised in the genus Pennellia:[1]
- Pennellia boliviensis (Muschl.) Al-Shehbaz
- Pennellia brachycarpa Beilstein & Al-Shehbaz
- Pennellia lasiocalycina (O.E.Schulz) Rollins
- Pennellia lechleri (E.Fourn.) Al-Shehbaz & C.D.Bailey
- Pennellia longifolia (Benth.) Rollins
- Pennellia micrantha (A.Gray) Nieuwl.
- Pennellia microsperma (Rollins) R.A.Price, C.D.Bailey & Al-Shehbaz
- Pennellia parvifolia (Phil.) Al-Shehbaz & C.D.Bailey
- Pennellia patens (O.E.Schulz) Rollins
- Pennellia tricornuta (Rollins) R.A.Price, C.D.Bailey & Al-Shehbaz
- Pennellia yalaensis Salariato & Al-Shehbaz
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Pennellia Nieuwl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 May 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.