''Guiraoa'' is a

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genus of

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s belonging to the family

Brassicaceae Brassicaceae () or (the older but equally valid) Cruciferae () is a medium-sized and economically important Family (biology), family of flowering plants commonly known as the mustards, the crucifers, or the cabbage family. Most are herbaceous pla ...

. It only contains one species, ''Guiraoa arvensis'' Coss. It is native to Spain. The genus name of ''Guiraoa'' is in honour of Ángel Guirao y Navarro (1817–1890), Spanish doctor, naturalist and politician from

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who discovered this plant. The Latin

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of ''arvensis'' refers to ''arvum'' of ploughed fields or ploughed land. It was first described and published in Notes Pl. Crit. on page 98 in 1851.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q9001411 Brassicaceae Brassicaceae genera Flora of Spain Plants described in 1851