Menonvillea Macrocarpa

''Menonvillea'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.

It is native to Chile and western Argentina.

The genus name of ''Menonvillea'' is in honour of Nicolas-Joseph Thiéry de Menonville (1739–1780), a French botanist who volunteered to be sent to Mexico in 1776 to steal the cochineal insect valued for its scarlet dye.
It was first described and published in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. Vol.7 on page 236 in 1821.

Known species

According to Kew:

*''Menonvillea chilensis''
*''Menonvillea cicatricosa''
*''Menonvillea comberi''
*''Menonvillea constitutionis''
*''Menonvillea cuneata''
*''Menonvillea famatinensis''
*''Menonvillea filifolia''
*''Menonvillea flexuosa''
*''Menonvillea frigida''
*''Menonvillea linearis''
*''Menonvillea littoralis''
*''Menonvillea macrocarpa''
*''Menonvillea marticorenae''
*''Menonvillea minima''
*''Menonvillea nordenskjoeldii''
*''Menonvillea orbiculata''
*''Menonvillea patagonica''
*''Menonvillea pinnatifida''
*''Menonvillea purpurea''
*''Menonvillea rigida''
*''Menonvillea scapigera''
*''Menonvillea spathulata''
*''Menonvillea virens''
*''Menonvillea zuloagaensis''

References

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Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae genera
Plants described in 1821
Flora of Chile
Flora of Argentina