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.[2][3] The genus is named in honour of Jean-Henri Mussche (1765-1834), the head gardener of the botanical garden in Ghent.[a][4]

Musschia
Musschia aurea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Subfamily: Campanuloideae
Genus: Musschia
Dumort. (1822)
Type species
Musschia aurea
(L.f.) Dumort.
Distribution of the genus: M. isambertoi (green), M. wollastonii (red), M. aurea (yellow)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Benaurea Raf. (1837)
  • Chrysangia Link (1829)

Notes

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  1. ^ Many sources claim he was the director, but this is incorrect. Director was Bernard Coppens and he was "hortulanus" or head gardener.

References

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  1. ^ Menezes de Sequeira, Miguel; Jardim, Roberto; Silva, Magda; Carvalho, Lígia (30 December 2007). "Musschia isambertoi M. Seq., R. Jardim, M. Silva & L. Carvalho (Campanulaceae), a new species from the Madeira Archipelago (Portugal)". Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid. 64 (2): 135–146. doi:10.3989/AJBM.2007.V64.I2.168. hdl:10400.13/4220. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Lammers, T.G. (2007). World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae: 1-675. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  4. ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (17 November 1999). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. CRC Press. p. 1750. ISBN 0367447517. Retrieved 14 May 2021.