Bivonaea

Bivonaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Bivonaea
DC.
Species:
B. lutea
Binomial name
Bivonaea lutea
(Biv.) DC.
Synonyms

Thlaspi luteum Biv.

Bivonaea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Bivonaea lutea, an annual native to Algeria, Sardinia, Sicily, and Tunisia in the central Mediterranean region.

The species was first described as Thlaspi luteum by Antonino de Bivona-Bernardi in 1806. In 1821 Augustin Pyramus de Candolle placed in the new monotypic genus Bivonaea as Bivonaea lutea.