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Takhtajaniella

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Takhtajaniella
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Takhtajaniella
V.E.Avet.
Synonyms[1]

Alyssum globosum Grossh.

Takhtajaniella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.[2] It only contains one known species, Takhtajaniella globosa V.E.Avet.

It is native to somewhere in the Transcaucasus region, which corresponds to the territories of Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan, according to the definition used in the source.[2]

The genus name of Takhtajaniella is in honour of Armen Takhtajan (1910–2009), a Soviet-Armenian botanist, who was one of the most important figures in 20th century plant evolution and systematics and biogeography.[3] The Latin specific epithet of globosa means globe or globe-like from globulus.[4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in S.G.Zhilin, Sist. Zvol. Vyssh. Rast. on page 54 in 1980.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Takhtajaniella globosa V.E.Avet". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Takhtajaniella V.E.Avet. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 March 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. ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.