Lesquerella

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic taxobox |name = "''Lesquerella''" |image = Lesquerella tenella 2.jpg |image_caption = ''Physaria tenella'', formerly "''Lesquerella tenella''" |taxon = Lesquerella |authority = S. Watson |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = None }}

'''''Lesquerella''''' is the former name of a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae.<ref name="usda">[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?6751 Genus: ''Lesquerella'' S. Watson] USDA GRIN Taxonomy for Plants</ref> Recent work{{vague|date=June 2019}} has shown that ''Lesquerella'' is indistinct from the genus ''Physaria'' and both genera have been united under ''Physaria''.<ref>Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz and Steve L. O'Kane, Jr. "Lesquerella Is United with Physaria (Brassicaceae)" '''''Novon''''' Vol. 12, No. 3 (Autumn, 2002), pp. 319–329</ref> In addition, the former ''Lesquerella'' of the southeastern United States have been moved to the genus ''Paysonia'' since 2002.<ref>Paysonia, a New Genus Segregated from Lesquerella (Brassicaceae)" '''''Novon''''' Vol. 12, No. 3 (Autumn, 2002), pp. 379–381</ref> The genus ''Lesquerella'' is now no longer applied to any species and is considered defunct.

The genus is named in honor of Leo Lesquereux, 1805–1889, Swiss and American botanist.<ref>Serano Watson, "Contributions to American Botany, XV" Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 23 (1888) 249–287.</ref>

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Category:Brassicaceae genera Category:Historically recognized angiosperm taxa Category:Physaria Category:Taxa named by Sereno Watson