''Stocksia'' is a

monotypic genus In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispe ...

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

Sapindaceae The Sapindaceae are a family (biology), family of flowering plants in the order Sapindales known as the soapberry family. It contains 138 genera and 1,858 accepted species. Examples include Aesculus, horse chestnut, maples, ackee and lychee. The ...

. It only contains one known species, Stocksia brahuica Benth. It is native to Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The genus name of ''Stocksia'' is in honour of

John Ellerton Stocks John Ellerton Stocks M.D., F.L.S (1822–1854) was a native of Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, who distinguished himself as a botanist in India. India He joined the Bombay Medical Staff in the 1840s. For most part of his servic ...

(1822–1854), an Englishman who became a botanist in India. 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 ''brahuica'' refers to the

Brahui people The Brahui (), Brahvi, or Brohi are an ethnolinguistic group of pastoralists principally found in Pakistan, and to a smaller extent in Afghanistan and Iran. They speak Brahui language, Brahui, which belongs to the Dravidian languages, Dravidia ...

, an ethnic group native to the

Balochistan Balochistan ( ; , ), also spelled as Baluchistan or Baluchestan, is a historical region in West and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastline. This arid region o ...

region of Pakistan, where the plant was found. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. Vol.5 on pages 304-305 in 1853.

References

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