HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

''Sobolewskia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. Its native range is from Crimea, Turkey to the Caucasus. The genus name of ''Sobolewskia'' is in honour of Gregor Federovitch Sobolewsky or (otherwise spelt) Gregoriy Federowich Sobolewski (1741–1807), a Russian military doctor, botanist and
mycologist Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungus, fungi, including their genetics, genetic and biochemistry, biochemical properties, their Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy and ethnomycology, their use to humans, including as a so ...
. He was also botanical garden director in Saint Petersburg and a professor of botany. It was first described and published in Fl. Taur.-Caucas. Vol.3 on page 421 in 1819.


Known species

According to Kew: *''
Sobolewskia caucasica ''Sobolewskia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. Its native range is from Crimea, Turkey to the Caucasus. The genus name of ''Sobolewskia'' is in honour of Gregor Federovitch Sobolewsky or (otherwise spel ...
'' *''
Sobolewskia clavata ''Sobolewskia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. Its native range is from Crimea, Turkey to the Caucasus. The genus name of ''Sobolewskia'' is in honour of Gregor Federovitch Sobolewsky or (otherwise spelt) Gr ...
'' *''
Sobolewskia sibirica ''Sobolewskia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. Its native range is from Crimea, Turkey to the Caucasus. The genus name of ''Sobolewskia'' is in honour of Gregor Federovitch Sobolewsky or (otherwise spel ...
'' *'' Sobolewskia truncata''


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q9078378 Brassicaceae Brassicaceae genera Plants described in 1819 Flora of the Crimean Peninsula Flora of the North Caucasus Flora of the Transcaucasus