Musschia Explained

Musschia is a genus of plants in the family Campanulaceae. It contains three known species, all endemic to the Madeira Archipelago in the eastern North Atlantic, part of the Republic of Portugal.^{[1] [2]} The genus is named in honour of Jean-Henri Mussche (1765-1834), the head gardener of the botanical garden in Ghent.^[3]

• Musschia aurea (L.f.) Dumort. - Madeira Island
• Musschia isambertoi M.Seq., R.Jardim, Magda Silva & L.Carvalho - Desertas Islands
• Musschia wollastonii Lowe - Madeira Island

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=354534 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Lammers, T.G. (2007). World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae: 1-675. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
3. Book: Quattrocchi . Umberto . CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology . 17 November 1999 . CRC Press . 0367447517 . 1750 . 14 May 2021.