Eigia

{{Short description|Genus of plants}}

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|taxon = Eigia

|authority = Soják

|synonyms = Macrostigmatella longistyla {{small|(Eig) Rauschert}}

Stigmatella longistyla {{small|Eig}}

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Eigia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It only contains 1 species, Eigia longistyla (Eig) Soják .{{cite web |title=Eigia Soják {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:12557-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=23 May 2021 |language=en}}

Its native range is eastern Mediterranean, and is found in the countries of Palestine and Saudi Arabia.

Its genus name of Eigia is in honour of Alexander Eig (1894–1938) an Israeli botanist,{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition |trans-title=Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2018 | isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018 |format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2018 |access-date=1 January 2021}} and the epithet of longistyla is a combination of 'long' and the Greek word of stylos meaning a pillar.

Eigia longistyla (Eig) Soják was first published and described in Cas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Prír Vol.148 on page 193 (in 1979 but published in 1980).{{cite web |title=Eigia longistyla (Eig) Soják {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:283227-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=5 September 2021 |language=en}}