Succowia

Succowia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.[2] It only contains one known species, Succowia balearica (L.) Medik.

Succowia
Succowia balearica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Succowia
Medik.
Synonyms[1]
  • Biscutella balearia L'Hér. ex DC.
  • Bunias balearica L.
  • Myagrum balearicum (L.) Lam.
  • Succowia echinata Moench

Its native range is the Canary Islands and places around the Mediterranean Sea, such as Algeria, the Baleares, Corsica, Italy, Morocco, Sardinia, Sicily, Spain, and Tunisia.[2]

The genus name of Succowia is in honour of Georg Adolf Suckow (1751–1813), a German physicist, chemist, mineralogist, mining engineer and naturalist.[3] The Latin specific epithet of balearica means "of the Balearic Islands", where the plant was found. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Pflanzen-Gattungen on page 64 in 1792.[2][1]

References
  1. "Succowia balearica (L.) Medik". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  2. "Succowia Medik. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  3. 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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