Eremobium
| Eremobium | |
|---|---|
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| cuckoo bee (Nomada fenestrata) nectar foraging on Eremobium aegyptiacum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Eremobium Boiss. |
| Species: | E. aegyptiacum |
| Binomial name | |
| Eremobium aegyptiacum | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Malcolmia aegyptiaca Spreng. | |
Eremobium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.[2] It includes a single species, Eremobium aegyptiacum, which is native to the Sahara Desert of northern Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Sinai Peninsula and southern Levant, Iraq, Iran, and Pakistan.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Eremobium aegyptiacum (Spreng.) Asch. ex Boiss". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
- ↑ "Eremobium Boiss. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
Categories:
- Brassicaceae
- Monotypic Brassicaceae genera
- Flora of North Africa
- Flora of the Arabian Peninsula
- Flora of Chad
- Flora of Iran
- Flora of Iraq
- Flora of Mali
- Flora of Mauritania
- Flora of Niger
- Flora of Pakistan
- Flora of Palestine (region)
- Flora of Sinai
- Flora of Sudan
- Taxa described in 1867
- Taxa named by Pierre Edmond Boissier