Takhtajaniella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.[2] It only contains one known species, Takhtajaniella globosa V.E.Avet.

Takhtajaniella
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Takhtajaniella
V.E.Avet.
Synonyms[1]

Alyssum globosum Grossh.

It is native to somewhere in the Transcaucasus region, which corresponds to the territories of Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan, according to the definition used in the source.[2]

The genus name of Takhtajaniella is in honour of Armen Takhtajan (1910–2009), a Soviet-Armenian botanist, who was one of the most important figures in 20th century plant evolution and systematics and biogeography.[3] The Latin specific epithet of globosa means globe or globe-like from globulus.[4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in S.G.Zhilin, Sist. Zvol. Vyssh. Rast. on page 54 in 1980.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Takhtajaniella globosa V.E.Avet". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Takhtajaniella V.E.Avet. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.