Eigia

<i>Eigia</i>

Eigia

Genus of plants

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

Quick Facts Eigia, Scientific classification ...

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

  1. [1]
    "Eigia Soják | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  2. [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. [3]
    "Eigia longistyla (Eig) Soják | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Eigia, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.