Thurya
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| Thurya | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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]
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]