Takhtajaniella

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|taxon = Takhtajaniella

|authority = V.E.Avet.

|synonyms_ref = {{cite POWO |id=77089445-1 |title=Takhtajaniella globosa V.E.Avet. |access-date=21 December 2021}}

|synonyms = Alyssum globosum {{small|Grossh.}}

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Takhtajaniella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.{{cite web |title=Takhtajaniella V.E.Avet. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60443318-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}} It only contains one known species, Takhtajaniella globosa {{small|V.E.Avet.}}

It is native to somewhere in the Transcaucasus region, which corresponds to the territories of Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan, according to the definition used in the source.

The genus name of Takhtajaniella is in honour of Armen Takhtajan (1910–2009), a Soviet-Armenian botanist, who was one of the most important figures in 20th century plant evolution and systematics and biogeography.{{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}} The Latin specific epithet of globosa means globe or globe-like from globulus.{{cite book | last=Harrison |first=Lorraine | title=RHS Latin for Gardeners | year=2012 |publisher=Mitchell Beazley | location=United Kingdom | isbn=978-1845337315 }} Both the genus and the species were first described and published in S.G.Zhilin, Sist. Zvol. Vyssh. Rast. on page 54 in 1980.