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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|taxon = Schouwia
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|synonyms_ref = <ref name=Species>{{cite POWO |id=288873-1 |title=''Schouwia purpurea'' (Forssk.) Schweinf. |access-date=9 December 2021}}</ref>
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|Cyclopterygium breviseptum |Hochst.
|Cyclopterygium longiseptum |Hochst.
|Psychine arabica |(Vahl) Spreng.
|Schouwia arabica |(Vahl) DC.
|Schouwia brassicifolia |Jaub. & Spach
|Schouwia brevisepta |Hochst.
|Schouwia glastifolia |Jaub. & Spach
|Schouwia purpurea f. albiflora |Maire
|Schouwia schimperi |Jaub. & Spach
|Schouwia thebaica |Webb
|Subularia purpurea |Forssk.
|Thlaspi arabicum |Vahl }}
}}
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'''''Schouwia''''' is a genus of [[flowering plant]]s belonging to the family [[Brassicaceae]].<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |title=Schouwia DC. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A13026-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=20 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
'''''Schouwia''''' is a [[monotypic]] genus of [[flowering plant]]s belonging to the family [[Brassicaceae]].<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |title=''Schouwia'' DC. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A13026-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=20 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> It only contains one known species, '''Schouwia purpurea''' <small>(Forssk.) Schweinf.</small> <ref name="POWO" />


Its native range is [[Sahara]] and [[Sahel]] to [[Arabian Peninsula]].<ref name="POWO" />
Its native range is [[Sahara]] and [[Sahel]] to the [[Arabian Peninsula]] (Palestine and Saudi Arabia). It is found in the African countries of Algeria, Burkina, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen.<ref name="POWO" /><ref name=Species/>


The genus name of ''Schouwia'' is in honour of [[Joakim Frederik Schouw]] (1789–1852), a Danish lawyer, botanist and politician. From 1821, he was a professor in botany at the [[University of Copenhagen]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition |trans-title=Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2018 | isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018 |format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2018 |access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> The genus has 2 known synoyms; ''Cyclopterygium'' {{small|Hochst.}} and ''Subularia'' {{small|Forssk.}}<ref name="POWO"/>
==Species==
The Latin [[binomial nomenclature|specific epithet]] of ''purpurea'' means purplish or purple-like.<ref>{{cite book | last=Harrison |first=Lorraine | title=RHS Latin for Gardeners | year=2012 |publisher=Mitchell Beazley | location=United Kingdom | isbn=184533731X }}</ref>
Species:<ref name="POWO" />
It was first described and published in [[Syst. Nat.]] Vol.2 on page 643 in 1821.<ref name="POWO"/> Then the species was published in Bull. Herb. Boissier Vol.4 (App. 2) on page 183 in 1896.<ref name=Species/>
* ''Schouwia purpurea'' <small>(Forssk.) Schweinf.</small>


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[[Category:Brassicaceae]]
[[Category:Brassicaceae]]
[[Category:Brassicaceae genera]]
[[Category:Brassicaceae genera]]
[[Category:Plants described in 1821]]
[[Category:Flora of North Africa]]
[[Category:Flora of West Tropical Africa]]
[[Category:Flora of Northeast Tropical Africa]]
[[Category:Flora of the Arabian Peninsula]]
[[Category:Flora of Palestine (region)]]

Revision as of 00:24, 9 December 2021

Schouwia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Schouwia
DC.
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyclopterygium breviseptum Hochst.
  • Cyclopterygium longiseptum Hochst.
  • Psychine arabica (Vahl) Spreng.
  • Schouwia arabica (Vahl) DC.
  • Schouwia brassicifolia Jaub. & Spach
  • Schouwia brevisepta Hochst.
  • Schouwia glastifolia Jaub. & Spach
  • Schouwia purpurea f. albiflora Maire
  • Schouwia schimperi Jaub. & Spach
  • Schouwia thebaica Webb
  • Subularia purpurea Forssk.
  • Thlaspi arabicum Vahl

Schouwia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.[2] It only contains one known species, Schouwia purpurea (Forssk.) Schweinf. [2]

Its native range is Sahara and Sahel to the Arabian Peninsula (Palestine and Saudi Arabia). It is found in the African countries of Algeria, Burkina, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen.[2][1]

The genus name of Schouwia is in honour of Joakim Frederik Schouw (1789–1852), a Danish lawyer, botanist and politician. From 1821, he was a professor in botany at the University of Copenhagen.[3] The genus has 2 known synoyms; Cyclopterygium Hochst. and Subularia Forssk.[2] The Latin specific epithet of purpurea means purplish or purple-like.[4] It was first described and published in Syst. Nat. Vol.2 on page 643 in 1821.[2] Then the species was published in Bull. Herb. Boissier Vol.4 (App. 2) on page 183 in 1896.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Schouwia purpurea (Forssk.) Schweinf". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Schouwia DC. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 May 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 184533731X.
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