Eigia

Genus of plants

Eigia

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Brassicales
Family:  | Brassicaceae
Genus:  | Eigia
Soják
Synonyms

Macrostigmatella longistyla (Eig) Rauschert
Stigmatella longistyla Eig

Eigia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It only contains 1 species, Eigia longistyla (Eig) Soják .[1]

Its native range is eastern Mediterranean, and is found in the countries of Palestine and Saudi Arabia.[1]

Its genus name of Eigia is in honour of Alexander Eig (1894–1938) an Israeli botanist,[2] and the epithet of longistyla is a combination of 'long' and the Greek word of stylos meaning a pillar.

Eigia longistyla (Eig) Soják  was first published and described in Cas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Prír Vol.148 on page 193 (in 1979 but published in 1980).[3]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Eigia Soják | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
3. ^ "Eigia longistyla (Eig) Soják | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 5 September 2021.

Taxon identifiers

Eigia|

* Wikidata: Q8772666
* Wikispecies: Eigia
* CoL: 62R27
* GBIF: 3048798
* GRIN: 4133
* IPNI: 12557-1
* IRMNG: 1256913
* NCBI: 763968
* Open Tree of Life: 200736
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:12557-1
* Tropicos: 40001570
* WFO: wfo-4000013075