Fortuynia (plant) explained

Fortuynia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It only contains one species, Fortuynia garcinii (Burm.f.) Shuttlew.. ^[1]

It is native to Iran, Afghanistan and western Pakistan.

It is named after Mr. Fortuyne, an unknown person from present-day Jakarta, Indonesia.^[2] It was first described and published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., séries 2, Vol.16 on page 379 in 1841.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fortuynia Shuttlew. ex Boiss. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 14 May 2021 . en.
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 1 January 2021.