| Henophyton | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Henophyton Coss. & Durieu |
| Synonyms | |
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Henonia Coss. & Durieu | |
Henophyton is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.
Its native range is northern Africa. It is found in the countries of Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia.
The genus name of Henophyton is in honour of Jean Baptiste Adrien Hénon (1821–1896), a French military language interpreter, teacher of Arabic in Algeria and also plant collector. It was first published and described in Bull. Soc. Bot. France Vol.2 on page 625 in 1855.
Known species, according to Kew:
- Henophyton deserti (Coss. & Durieu) Coss. & Durieu
- Henophyton zygarrhenum (Maire) Gómez-Campo
References
- ^ "Henophyton Coss. & Durieu | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- 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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| Henophyton | |