Menkea

Short description: Genus of flowering plant

Menkea

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Brassicales
Family:  | Brassicaceae
Genus:  | Menkea
Lehm.

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

It is native to Australia.[1]

The genus name of Menkea is in honour of Karl Theodor Menke (1791–1861), a German malacologist and balneologist who was a native of Bremen. He is remembered for his research on snails.[2] It was first described and published in Index Seminum (HBG, Hamburgensis) 1843 on page 8 in 1843.[1]

## Known species

According to Kew:[1]

* Menkea australis Lehm.
* Menkea crassa E.A.Shaw
* Menkea draboides (Hook.) Benth.
* Menkea lutea E.A.Shaw
* Menkea sphaerocarpa F.Muell.
* Menkea villosula (F.Muell. & Tate) J.M.Black

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Menkea Lehm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:12790-1.
2. ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018) (in German) (pdf). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

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