| Veselskya | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Veselskya Opiz |
| Synonyms | |
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Pyramidium griffithianum Boiss. | |
Veselskya is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It only contains one known species, Veselskya griffithiana (Boiss.) Opiz.[1] It is native to Afghanistan.[1]
The genus name of Veselskya is in honour of Friedrich Veselský (1813–1866), a Bohemian lawyer in present-day Prešov, he was also an amateur botanist with a focus on mushrooms.[2] The Latin specific epithet of griffithiana refers to William Griffith (1810–1845), who was a British naturalist, doctor and botanist. Both the species and the genus were first described and published in Lotos Vol.4 on page 257 in 1856.[1] The name replaced the earlier Pyramidium Boiss., an illegitimate name, as Pyramidium S. E. Bridel, a genus of mosses predates it.
References
- 1 2 3 "Veselskya Opiz | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 March 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.