Moriera
Species of flowering plant
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Moriera is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.[1] It only contains one known species, Moriera spinosa Boiss. [2]
| Moriera | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Moriera Boiss |
| Species: | M. spinosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Moriera spinosa | |
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Its native range is Central Asia and it is found in the countries of Afghanistan, Iran and Turkmenistan.[2]
The genus name of Moriera is in honour of James Justinian Morier (c. 1780 – 1849), a British diplomat and author noted for his novels about the Qajar dynasty in Iran, most famously for the Hajji Baba series.[3] The Latin specific epithet of spinosa is derived from spina meaning spiny.[4] The genus was first described and published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., série 2 Vol.16 on page 380 in 1841,[1] and then the species, Moriera spinosa was first described and published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér.2, vol.17 on page 182 in 1842.[2]