Englerocharis

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Englerocharis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.{{cite web |title=Englerocharis Muschl. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:295444-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=23 May 2021 |language=en}}

Its native range is Peru and Bolivia.

The genus name of Englerocharis is in honour of Adolf Engler (1844–1930), a German botanist,{{cite book | last=Quattrocchi | first=Umberto | title=CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L | publisher=CRC Press | location=Boca Raton, Florida | year=2000 | isbn=978-0-8493-2676-9 }} and also; charis, a Greek word meaning "grace, kindness, and life".{{cite book|last=Bernhardt|first=Peter|title=Gods and goddesses in the garden: Greco-Roman mythology and the scientific names of plants|publisher=Rutgers University Press|year=2008|page=[https://archive.org/details/godsgoddessesing00bern/page/76 76]|isbn=978-0-8135-4266-9|url=https://archive.org/details/godsgoddessesing00bern|url-access=registration}} It was first published and described in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. Vol.40 on page 276 in 1908.

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