Morettia

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: Anastaticeae
Genus: Morettia
Species: M. canescens – M. kilianii – M. parviflora – M. philaeana
Name

Morettia DC., Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 7: 236 (1821) [20 Apr 1821].

Type species: Morettia philaeana DC., Syst. Nat. 2: 426 (1821).

Synonyms

Homotypic
Nectouxia DC., Syst. Nat. 2: 149 (1821), nom. illeg. non Kunth 1818
Morettia DC., Syst. Nat. 2: 426 (1821) [late May 1821].

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
Regional: Northern Africa
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara.
Regional: West Tropical Africa
Mali, Mauritania, Niger.
Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
Chad, Sudan.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: Western Asia
Palestine, Sinai.
Regional: Arabian Peninsula
Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

De Candolle, A.P. 1821. Mémoire sur la famille des Crucifères. Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 7: 169–252. BHL Reference page.
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.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Morettia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Nov 25. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2024. Morettia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Nov 2024.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Morettia. Published online. Accessed: 25 Nov 2024. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Morettia. Accessed: 25 Nov 2024.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Morettia in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Nov 25.
JSTOR Global Plants. Morettia. Accessed: 25 Nov 2024 Reference page.
Koch, M.A. et al. 2019. Morettia in BrassiBase Tools and biological resources to study characters and traits in the Brassicaceae. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 13.
Morettia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.[1]

Its native range is southern and eastern Mediterranean to the Sahara and the Arabian Peninsula. It is found in the countries of Algeria, Chad, Egypt, the Gulf States, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Sudan, Tunisia and Yemen.[1]

The genus name of Morettia is in honour of Giuseppe Moretti (1782–1853), an Italian botanist.[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]

Morettia canescens Boiss.
Morettia kilianii Al-Shehbaz
Morettia parviflora Boiss.
Morettia philaeana (Delile) DC.

References

"Morettia DC. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 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.