Menkea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Orthokaryota
Cladus: Neokaryota
Cladus: Photokaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Regnum*: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Regnum*: Viridiplantae
Cladus: Streptophyta
Cladus: Phragmoplastophyta
Cladus: Embryophyta
Cladus: Polysporangiophyta
Divisio*: Tracheophyta
Cladus: Eutracheophyta
Cladus: Euphyllophytina
Cladus: Megaphylla
Cladus: Radiatopses
Cladus: Lignophyta
Cladus: Metalignophyta
Diviso*: Spermatophyta
Classis*: Angiospermae
Cladus: Mesangiospermae
Cladus: Eudicota
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Brassicales

Familia: Brassicaceae
Subfamilia: Brassicoideae
Tribus: Microlepidieae
Genus: Menkea
Species: M. australis – M. crassa – M. draboides – M. lutea – M. sphaerocarpa – M. villosula
Name

Menkea Lehm. Del. Sem. Hort. Hamburg. 8. (1843)

Type species: Menkea australis Lehm. Del. Sem. Hort. Hamburg. 8. (1843)

References

Lehmann, J.G.C. 1843. Delectus Seminum quae in horto Hamburgensium botanico e collectione anni 1843 mutuae commutatione offeruntur 8.
Menkea in: Australian Plant Census (APC) 2017. IBIS database, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Accessed: 2017 Jan. 22.
Heenan, P.B., Goeke, D.F., Houliston, G.J. & Lysak, M.A. 2012. Phylogenetic analyses of ITS and rbcL DNA sequences for sixteen genera of Australian and New Zealand Brassicaceae result in the expansion of the tribe Microlepidieae. Taxon 61(5): 970–979. Full text PDF Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Menkea. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 22 2017. Reference page.
Koch, M.A. et al. 2017. Menkea in BrassiBase Tools and biological resources to study characters and traits in the Brassicaceae. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Jan. 22.
Tropicos.org 2017. Menkea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Jan. 2017.
Warwick, S.I., Francis, A. & Al-Shehbaz, I.A. 2006. Brassicaceae: species checklist and database on CD-Rom. Plant Systematics and Evolution 259(2–4): 249–258. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-006-0422-0 ResearchGate Reference page.

Menkea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.[1] Species of the genus are native to Australia.[1]
Taxonomy

The genus name of Menkea is in honour of Karl Theodor Menke (1791–1861), a German malacologist and balneologist who was a native of Bremen. He is remembered for his research on snails.[2] It was first described in 1843.[1]
Known species

According to Kew:[1]

Menkea australis Lehm.
Menkea crassa E.A.Shaw
Menkea draboides (Hook.) Benth.
Menkea lutea E.A.Shaw
Menkea sphaerocarpa F.Muell.
Menkea villosula (F.Muell. & Tate) J.M.Black

References

"Menkea Lehm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 May 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.