Bivonaea
Sign in to saveBivonaea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Bivonaea lutea, an annual native to Algeria, Sardinia, Sicily, and Tunisia in the central Mediterranean region.
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- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderBrassicales
- FamilyBrassicaceae
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Bivonaea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Bivonaea lutea, an annual native to Algeria, Sardinia, Sicily, and Tunisia in the central Mediterranean region.
The species was first described as Thlaspi luteum by Antonino de Bivona-Bernardi in 1806. In 1821 Augustin Pyramus de Candolle placed in the new monotypic genus Bivonaea as Bivonaea lutea.