Schouwia

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox |image = |image_caption = |genus = Schouwia |parent_authority = DC. |species = purpurea |authority = (Forssk.) Schweinf. |synonyms_ref = <ref name=Species>{{cite POWO |id=288873-1 |title=''Schouwia purpurea'' (Forssk.) Schweinf. |access-date=9 December 2021}}</ref><ref name="POWO"/> |synonyms = {{species list |Cyclopterygium| Hochst. |Subularia| Forssk. |Cyclopterygium breviseptum |Hochst. |Cyclopterygium longiseptum |Hochst. |Psychine arabica |(Vahl) Spreng. |Schouwia arabica |(Vahl) DC. |Schouwia brassicifolia |Jaub. & Spach |Schouwia brevisepta |Hochst. |Schouwia glastifolia |Jaub. & Spach |Schouwia purpurea f. albiflora |Maire |Schouwia schimperi |Jaub. & Spach |Schouwia thebaica |Webb |Subularia purpurea |Forssk. |Thlaspi arabicum |Vahl }} }}

'''''Schouwia''''' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |title=''Schouwia'' DC. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:13026-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=20 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> It only contains one known species, '''''Schouwia purpurea''''' <small>(Forssk.) Schweinf.</small> <ref name="POWO" />

Its native range is Sahara and Sahel to the Arabian Peninsula (Palestine and Saudi Arabia). It is found in the African countries of Algeria, Burkina, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen.<ref name="POWO" /><ref name=Species/>

The genus name of ''Schouwia'' is in honour of Joakim Frederik Schouw (1789–1852), a Danish lawyer, botanist and politician. From 1821, he was a professor in botany at the University of Copenhagen.<ref>{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition |trans-title=Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2018 | isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018 |format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2018 | s2cid=187926901 |access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> The genus has 2 known synoyms; ''Cyclopterygium'' {{small|Hochst.}} and ''Subularia'' {{small|Forssk.}}<ref name="POWO"/> The Latin specific epithet of ''purpurea'' means purplish or purple-like.<ref>{{cite book | last=Harrison |first=Lorraine | title=RHS Latin for Gardeners | year=2012 |publisher=Mitchell Beazley | location=United Kingdom | isbn=978-1845337315 }}</ref> It was first described and published in Syst. Nat. Vol.2 on page 643 in 1821.<ref name="POWO"/> Then the species was published in Bull. Herb. Boissier Vol.4 (App. 2) on page 183 in 1896.<ref name=Species/>

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Category:Brassicaceae Category:Monotypic Brassicaceae genera Category:Flora of North Africa Category:Flora of West Tropical Africa Category:Flora of Northeast Tropical Africa Category:Flora of the Arabian Peninsula Category:Flora of Palestine (region) Category:Plants described in 1821