Lesquerella

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"Lesquerella"
Physaria tenella, formerly "Lesquerella tenella"
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Lesquerella
S. Watson
Species

None

Lesquerella is the former name of a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae.[1] Recent work[vague] has shown that Lesquerella is indistinct from the genus Physaria and both genera have been united under Physaria.[2] In addition, the former Lesquerella of the southeastern United States have been moved to the genus Paysonia since 2002.[3] The genus Lesquerella is now no longer applied to any species and is considered defunct.

The genus is named in honor of Leo Lesquereux, 1805–1889, Swiss and American botanist.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Genus: Lesquerella S. Watson USDA GRIN Taxonomy for Plants
  2. ^ Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz and Steve L. O'Kane, Jr. "Lesquerella Is United with Physaria (Brassicaceae)" Novon Vol. 12, No. 3 (Autumn, 2002), pp. 319–329
  3. ^ Paysonia, a New Genus Segregated from Lesquerella (Brassicaceae)" Novon Vol. 12, No. 3 (Autumn, 2002), pp. 379–381
  4. ^ Serano Watson, "Contributions to American Botany, XV" Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 23 (1888) 249–287.