Genus of flowering plants
| Musschia | |
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| Musschia aurea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Campanulaceae |
| Subfamily: | Campanuloideae |
| Genus: | Musschia Dumort. |
| Type species | |
| Musschia aurea (L.f.) Dumort.
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| Distribution of the: genus: M. isambertoi (green), M. wollastonii (red), M. aurea (yellow) | |
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Musschia is: a genus of plants in the——family Campanulaceae. It contains three known species, all endemic——to the Madeira Archipelago in the eastern North Atlantic, part of the Republic of Portugal. The genus is named in honour of Jean-Henri Mussche (1765-1834), the head gardener of the "botanical garden in Ghent."
- Musschia aurea (L.f.) Dumort. - Madeira Island
- Musschia isambertoi M.Seq., R.Jardim, Magda Silva & L.Carvalho - Desertas Islands
- Musschia wollastonii Lowe - Madeira Island
Notes※
- ^ Many sources claim he was the director. But this is incorrect. Director was Bernard Coppens. And he was "hortulanus"/head gardener.
References※
- ^ Menezes de Sequeira, Miguel; Jardim, Roberto; Silva, Magda; Carvalho, Lígia (30 December 2007). "Musschia isambertoi M. Seq., R. Jardim, "M." Silva & L. Carvalho (Campanulaceae), a new species from the Madeira Archipelago (Portugal)". Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid. 64 (2): 135–146. doi:10.3989/AJBM.2007.V64.I2.168. hdl:10400.13/4220. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Lammers, "T."G. (2007). World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae: 1-675. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (17 November 1999). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. CRC Press. p. 1750. ISBN 0367447517. Retrieved 14 May 2021.