Sobolewskia
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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Sobolewskia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.{{cite web |title=Sobolewskia M.Bieb. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:13054-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=23 May 2021 |language=en}}
Its native range is from Crimea, Turkey to the Caucasus.
The genus name of Sobolewskia is in honour of Gregor Federovitch Sobolewsky or (otherwise spelt) Gregoriy Federowich Sobolewski (1741–1807), a Russian military doctor, botanist and mycologist. He was also botanical garden director in Saint Petersburg and a professor of botany.{{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 | s2cid=187926901 |access-date=1 January 2021}}
It was first described and published in Fl. Taur.-Caucas. Vol.3 on page 421 in 1819.
Known species
- Sobolewskia caucasica {{small|(Rupr.) N.Busch}}
- Sobolewskia clavata {{small|(Boiss.) Fenzl}}
- Sobolewskia sibirica {{small|(Willd.) P.W.Ball}}
- Sobolewskia truncata {{small|N.Busch}}