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Menkea
Sign in to saveMenkea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. Species of the genus are native to Australia.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 3 inbound references to Menkea, and connects out to plant, International Standard Book Number and Bremen.
Vinony files it under Brassicaceae, Brassicaceae genera and Endemic flora of Australia.
Vinony links it to 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Tropical Periwinkle
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderBrassicales
- FamilyBrassicaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Collections
- VT, COLO, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Australia
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Image
- Menkea sphaerocarpa.jpg
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- Menkea
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- Category:Menkea
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomy
- Known species
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Menkea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. Species of the genus are native to Australia.
== 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. It was first described in 1843.
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