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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.
Species
Tropical Periwinkle
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderBrassicales
- FamilyBrassicaceae
Observations1,572
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Collections
- VT, COLO, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Australia
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- Image
- Menkea sphaerocarpa.jpg
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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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