Heldreichia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.[1] It only contains one species, Heldreichia bupleurifolia Boiss. [2]
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Heldreichia Boiss. |
Its native range is the eastern Mediterranean. It is found in the countries of Lebanon-Syria, Palestine and Turkey.[2]
The genus name of Heldreichia is in honour of Theodor von Heldreich (1822–1902), a German botanist born in Dresden.[3] The Latin specific epithet of bupleurifolia refers to means ‘with leaves like those of the genus Bupleurum’, a large genus in the Apiaceae (carrot family), commonly called Hare’s Ear. The genus name Bupleurum is also an ancient Greek word for ‘umbelliferous plant’.[4]
It was first described and published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér.2, Vol.16 on page 381 in 1841.[2]
It has 1 known variant and 4 known subspecies;[2]
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