''Setchellanthus caeruleus'' is a species of

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shrub with large blue flowers. It is placed alone in the genus ''Setchellanthus'', which is in turn, is placed alone in the family Setchellanthaceae. It is endemic to

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. The genus and the species were

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in Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. vol.3 on page 378 in 1909. The genus name of ''Setchellanthus'' is in honour of

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(1864–1943), who was an American botanist and marine phycologist who taught at the

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, Berkeley, where he headed the Botany Department. The specific epithet ''caeruleus'' is the Latin for "blue".D. Gledhill

References

External links

* http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/orders/brassicalesweb.htm#Setchellanthaceae
Neotropical Plant Families Database
* http://gardentia.net/2014/02/09/pungent-shrub/ Endemic flora of Mexico Monotypic Brassicales genera Brassicales {{Brassicales-stub