Menonvillea

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: Cremolobeae
Genus: Menonvillea
Species: M. chilensis – M. cicatricosa – M. comberi – M. constitutionis – M. cuneata – M. famatinensis – M. filifolia – M. flexuosa – M. frigida – M. linearifolia – M. linearis – M. littoralis – M. macrocarpa – M. marticorenae – M. nordenskjoeldii – M. orbiculata – M. patagonica – M. pinnatifida – M. purpurea – M. rigida – M. scapigera – M. spathulata – M. virens – M. zuloagaensis
Name

Menonvillea R.Br. ex DC., Syst. Nat. 2: 419. (1821)

Type species: Menonvillea linearis DC., Syst. Nat. 2: 420. (1821)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Hexaptera Hook., Bot. Misc. 1: 350 (1830).
Typus: Hexaptera pinnatifida Gillies & Hook. in Hooker (1830: 350) [= M. scapigera subsp. longipes (Rollins) Prina].
Dispeltophorus Lehm., Index Seminum (HBG, Hamburgensis) 1836: 2 (1836).
Typus: Dispeltophorus crassifolius Lehmann (1832: 7) [= Menonvillea linearis DC.].
Decaptera Turcz., Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 19(II): 497 (1846).
Typus: Decaptera trifida Turcz. (1846: 498) [= Menonvillea cuneata (Gillies & Hook.) Rollins].
Cymatoptera Turcz., Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 27(II): 309 (1854 publ. 1855).
Typus: Cymatoptera chilensis Turcz. (1854: 309) [= Menonvillea chilensis (Turcz.) B.D.Jacks.]

References
Primary references

De Candolle, A.P. 1821. Regni Vegetabilis Systema Naturale, sive Ordines, Genera et Species Plantarum Secundum Methodi Naturalis Normas Digestarum et Descriptarum. Volumen Secundum. 745 pp. Treuttel & Würtz, Paris. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page.

Additional references

Salariato, D.L., Zuloaga, F.O. & Al-Shehbaz, I.A. 2013. Molecular phylogeny of Menonvillea and recognition of the new genus Aimara (Brassicaceae: Cremolobeae). Taxon 62(6): 1220-1234. DOI: 10.12705/626.6 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page.
Salariato, D.L., Zuloaga, F.O. & Al-Shehbaz, I.A. 2014. A revision of the genus Menonvillea (Cremolobeae, Brassicaceae). Phytotaxa 162(5): 241–298. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.162.5.1 Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Menonvillea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Apr 23. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Menonvillea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Apr 2025.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Menonvillea. Published online. Accessed: 23 Apr 2025. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Menonvillea. Accessed: 23 Apr 2025.
Koch, M.A. et al. 2017. Menonvillea in BrassiBase Tools and biological resources to study characters and traits in the Brassicaceae. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Jan, 2.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Menonvillea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.
Menonvillea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.[1]

It is native to Chile and western Argentina.[1]

The genus name of Menonvillea is in honour of Nicolas-Joseph Thiéry de Menonville (1739–1780), a French botanist who volunteered to be sent to Mexico in 1776 to steal the cochineal insect valued for its scarlet dye.[2] It was first described and published in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. Vol.7 on page 236 in 1821.[1]
Known species

According to Kew:[1]

Menonvillea chilensis (Turcz.) B.D.Jacks.
Menonvillea cicatricosa (Phil.) Rollins
Menonvillea comberi Sandwith
Menonvillea constitutionis (Phil.) Rollins
Menonvillea cuneata (Gillies & Hook.) Rollins
Menonvillea famatinensis (Boelcke) Rollins
Menonvillea filifolia Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
Menonvillea flexuosa Phil.
Menonvillea frigida (Phil.) Rollins
Menonvillea linearis DC.
Menonvillea littoralis (Barnéoud) Rollins
Menonvillea macrocarpa (I.M.Johnst.) Rollins
Menonvillea marticorenae (Al-Shehbaz) Salariato & Al-Shehbaz
Menonvillea minima Rollins
Menonvillea nordenskjoeldii (Dusén) Rollins
Menonvillea orbiculata Phil.
Menonvillea patagonica Speg.
Menonvillea pinnatifida Barnéoud
Menonvillea purpurea (G.T.Hastings) Rollins
Menonvillea rigida Rollins
Menonvillea scapigera (Phil.) Rollins
Menonvillea spathulata (Gillies & Hook.) Rollins
Menonvillea virens (Phil.) Rollins
Menonvillea zuloagaensis Al-Shehbaz

References

"Menonvillea DC. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 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.