Pennellia Explained

Pennellia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.^[1]

Its native range is from western central and southern central USA (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas) and Mexico, to Central America (Costa Rica and Guatemala), Bolivia to southern South America (Argentina and Chile).

The genus name of Pennellia is in honour of Francis W. Pennell (1886–1952), an American botanist best known for his studies of the Scrophulariaceae.^[2] It was first described and published in Amer. Midl. Naturalist Vol.5 on page 224 in 1918.^[1]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Pennellia:

• Pennellia boliviensis
• Pennellia brachycarpa
• Pennellia lasiocalycina
• Pennellia lechleri
• Pennellia longifolia
• Pennellia micrantha
• Pennellia microsperma
• Pennellia parvifolia
• Pennellia patens
• Pennellia tricornuta
• Pennellia yalaensis

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pennellia Nieuwl. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 22 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.