Pennellia

Pennellia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.[1]

Pennellia
fruit of Arabis tricornuta, a synonym of Pennellia tricornuta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Pennellia
Nieuwl.
Synonyms
  • Heterothrix (B.L.Rob.) Rydb.
  • Lamprophragma O.E.Schulz

Its native range is western central and southern central USA (in the states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas) and Mexico, to Central America (in Costa Rica and Guatemala), Bolivia to southern South America (in Argentina and Chile).[1]

The genus name of Pennellia is in honour of Francis W. Pennell (1886–1952), an American botanist best known for his studies of the Scrophulariaceae.[2] It was first described and published in Amer. Midl. Naturalist Vol.5 on page 224 in 1918.[1]

Known species

According to Kew:[1]

  • Pennellia boliviensis (Muschl.) Al-Shehbaz
  • Pennellia brachycarpa Beilstein & Al-Shehbaz
  • Pennellia lasiocalycina (O.E.Schulz) Rollins
  • Pennellia lechleri (E.Fourn.) Al-Shehbaz & C.D.Bailey
  • Pennellia longifolia (Benth.) Rollins
  • Pennellia micrantha (A.Gray) Nieuwl.
  • Pennellia microsperma (Rollins) R.A.Price, C.D.Bailey & Al-Shehbaz
  • Pennellia parvifolia (Phil.) Al-Shehbaz & C.D.Bailey
  • Pennellia patens (O.E.Schulz) Rollins
  • Pennellia tricornuta (Rollins) R.A.Price, C.D.Bailey & Al-Shehbaz
  • Pennellia yalaensis Salariato & Al-Shehbaz

References
  1. "Pennellia Nieuwl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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