Fortuynia garcinii
Species of flowering plant
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Fortuynia garcinii is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is the sole species in genus Fortuynia.[2] It is a subshrub native to Iran, Afghanistan, and western Pakistan, where it grows in deserts and dry shrublands.[1]
| Fortuynia garcinii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Fortuynia Shuttlew. ex Boiss. |
| Species: | F. garcinii |
| Binomial name | |
| Fortuynia garcinii (Burm.f.) Shuttlew. | |
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The species was first described as Peltaria garcinii by Nicolaas Laurens Burman in 1768.[1] In 1841 Robert J. Shuttleworth described and published the genus Fortuynia in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., séries 2, Vol.16 on page 379 in 1841.[2] The genus is named after Mr. Fortuyne, an unknown person from present-day Jakarta, Indonesia.[3] Shuttleworth placed the species in genus Fortuynia the following year.[1]