Musschia

Musschia is a genus of plants in the family Campanulaceae. It contains three known species, all endemic to the Madeira Archipelago in the eastern North Atlantic, part of the Republic of Portugal.^[2][3] The genus is named in honour of Jean-Henri Mussche (1765-1834), the head gardener of the botanical garden in Ghent.^{[lower-alpha 1][4]}

• Musschia aurea (L.f.) Dumort. - Madeira Island
• Musschia isambertoi M.Seq., R.Jardim, Magda Silva & L.Carvalho - Desertas Islands
• Musschia wollastonii Lowe - Madeira Island

Musschia
Musschia aurea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Campanulaceae
Subfamily:	Campanuloideae
Genus:	Musschia Dumort. (1822)
Type species
Musschia aurea (L.f.) Dumort.
Distribution of the genus: M. isambertoi (green), M. wollastonii (red), M. aurea (yellow)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Benaurea Raf. (1837) Chrysangia Link (1829)

Notes

1. Many sources claim he was the director, but this is incorrect. Director was Bernard Coppens and he was "hortulanus" or head gardener.

References

1. Menezes de Sequeira, Miguel; Jardim, Roberto; Silva, Magda; Carvalho, Lígia (30 December 2007). "Musschia isambertoi M. Seq., R. Jardim, M. Silva & L. Carvalho (Campanulaceae), a new species from the Madeira Archipelago (Portugal)". Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid. 64 (2): 135–146. doi:10.3989/AJBM.2007.V64.I2.168. hdl:10400.13/4220. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Lammers, T.G. (2007). World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae: 1-675. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
4. Quattrocchi, Umberto (17 November 1999). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. CRC Press. p. 1750. ISBN 0367447517. Retrieved 14 May 2021.