Kremeriella Explained

Kremeriella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It has one known synonym Kremeria .[1] It only contains one species, Kremeriella cordylocarpus (Coss. & Durieu) Maire [2]

Its native range is north-western Africa. It is found in Algeria and Morocco.

The genus name of Kremeriella is in honour of Jean Pierre Kremer (1812–1867), a French doctor and botanist from Metz.[3] The Latin specific epithet of cordylocarpus is derived from 2 words, cordylo an Ancient Greek word for a club (kordyle), and also "carpus" is derived from the Latin carpus and the Greek καρπός (karpós), meaning "wrist".[4] Both genus and species were first described and published in É.Jahandiez & al., Cat. Pl. Maroc Vol.2 on page 293 in 1932.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kremeriella Maire Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 24 May 2021 . en.
  2. Web site: Kremeriella cordylocarpus (Coss. & Durieu) Maire Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 11 October 2021 . en.
  3. 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.
  4. Book: Harrison, Lorraine . RHS Latin for Gardeners . 2012 . Mitchell Beazley . United Kingdom . 978-1845337315 .