''Parodiodoxa'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

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 just contains one species, Parodiodoxa chionophila (Speg.) O.E.Schulz Its native range is northwestern Argentina. The genus name of ''Parodiodoxa'' is in honour of

Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi (23 January 1895 in Pergamino, Buenos Aires Province – 21 April 1966 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine botanist and agronomist. Parodi studied at the University of Buenos Aires Faculty of Agronomy under Lucien Leon Haum ...

(1895–1966), an Argentinian botanist and agricultural engineer, professor of botany in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

and

La Plata La Plata () is the capital city of Buenos Aires province, Argentina. According to the 2022 Argentina census, census, the La Plata Partido, Partido has a population of 772,618 and its metropolitan area, the Greater La Plata, has 938,287 inhabit ...

, with a focus on South American grasses. The Latin

specific epithet In Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin gramm ...

of ''chionophila'' means snow lover. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem Vol.10 on pages 781-783 in 1929.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q10344842, from2=Q15547767 Brassicaceae Brassicaceae genera Plants described in 1929 Flora of Northwest Argentina