Genus Descurainia

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There aren’t any identifications of Descurainia.

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Short etymology:

For François Déscourain (1658–1740), French pharmacist and botanist, and friend of Antoine, a teacher, and Bernard de Jussieu, botanical demonstrator at the Jardin du Roi in Paris. He wrote a flora of his native town Etampes, which he did not publish, but which his grandson, Jean-Etienne Guettard (1715–1786), turned into a book entitled Observations sur les plantes (two volumes, Paris, 1747).

Scientific name:

Descurainia Webb & Berthel.

Etymology source:

The Illustrated Dictionary of Southern African Plant Names

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Synonym of:

Unknown

Authors:

Webb & Berthel.

Protologue:

Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 3(2.1): 72 (1836)

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