''Thurya'' is a
monotypic genus of
flowering plant belonging to the family
Caryophyllaceae.
It only contains one known species, Thurya capitata
Boiss. & Balansa
It is native to
Turkey.
The genus name of ''Thurya'' is in honour of Jean Marc Antoine Thury (1822–1905), a Swiss naturalist and professor of botany at the
University of Geneva. The Latin
specific epithet
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
of ''capitata'' means having dense-headed growth and is derived from ''capitatus''.
Both the genus and the species were first described and published in P.E.Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient., series.2, Vol.5 on pages 63-64 in 1856.
References
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Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllaceae genera
Plants described in 1856