''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

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

. The genus and the species were circumscribed by

Townshend Stith Brandegee Townshend Stith Brandegee (February 16, 1843 – April 7, 1925) was an American botanist. He was an authority on the flora of Baja California and the Channel Islands of California, Channel Islands of California. Early life Brandegee was born on ...

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

William Albert Setchell William Albert Setchell (April 15, 1864 – April 5, 1943) was an American botanist and marine phycologist who taught at the University of California, Berkeley, where he headed the Botany Department. Among his publications are the ''Phycotheca ...

(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

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