Litwinowia
| Litwinowia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Tribe: | Chorisporeae |
| Genus: | Litwinowia Woronow |
| Species: | L. tenuissima |
| Binomial name | |
| Litwinowia tenuissima | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Litwinowia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Litwinowia tenuissima, an annual which ranges from southern European Russia and the Caucasus through Central Asia and Iran to Mongolia, Xinjiang, Pakistan, and the western Himalayas.[1]
The species was first described as Vella tenuissima by Peter Simon Pallas in 1776. Jurij Nikolaewitch Woronow described the genus Litwinowia in 1931,[2] and in 1935 Nikolai Vasilievich Pavlov placed the species there as Litwinowia tenuissima.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Litwinowia tenuissima (Pall.) Woronow ex Pavlov". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ↑ "Litwinowia Woronow". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 September 2025.