Alshehbazia

Alshehbazia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It contains three species native to the Andes of South America, ranging from Peru to southern Argentina and Chile.

Species

Three species are accepted.

Alshehbazia friesii
Alshehbazia hauthalii
''Alshehbazia werdermannii''

Taxonomy

The genus was first described and published in Kew Bull. Vol.70 in 2015. It was initially monotypic, containing only A. hauthallii. In 2019 A. friesii and A. werdermannii were placed in the genus.
The genus name of Alshehbazia is in honour of Ihsan Ali Al-Shehbaz, Ph.D. is an Iraqi American botanist who works as adjunct professor at University of Missouri-St. Louis and Senior Curator at Missouri Botanical Garden.