Guiraoa
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Guiraoa is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.[1] It only contains one species, Guiraoa arvensis Coss. [2]
| Guiraoa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Guiraoa Coss. |
It is native to Spain.[2]
The genus name of Guiraoa is in honour of Ángel Guirao y Navarro (1817–1890), Spanish doctor, naturalist and politician from Murcia who discovered this plant.[3] The Latin specific epithet of arvensis refers to arvum of ploughed fields or ploughed land.[4] It was first described and published in Notes Pl. Crit. on page 98 in 1851.[2]
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