Biology:Thurya

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Thurya
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Thurya
Boiss. & Balansa

Thurya is a monotypic genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae.[1] It only contains one known species, Thurya capitata Boiss. & Balansa[1]

It is native to Turkey.[1]

The genus name of Thurya is in honour of Jean Marc Antoine Thury (1822–1905), a Swiss naturalist and professor of botany at the University of Geneva.[2] The Latin specific epithet of capitata means having dense-headed growth and is derived from capitatus.[3] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in P.E.Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient., series.2, Vol.5 on pages 63-64 in 1856.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Thurya Boiss. & Balansa | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:6481-1. 
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018) (in German) (pdf). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021. 
  3. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X. 

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