Pedalium

This article is about the genus of flowering plants. For the anatomical feature, see Jellyfish.

Pedalium is a genus of plant in the Pedaliaceae family comprising one species, Pedalium murex. It is distributed in tropical Africa, the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.^[1]

Pedalium
Pedalium murex
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Pedaliaceae
Genus:	Pedalium D.Royen[1]
Species:	P. murex
Binomial name
Pedalium murex L.
Synonyms[1]
Genus: Cacatali Adans. Murex L. ex Kuntze Species: Pedalium microcarpum (Klotzsch) Decne. Murex burmanni Kuntze Pedalium muricatum Salisb. Rogeria microcarpa Klotzsch

Etymology

The genera name is derived from the Greek word pedalion meaning 'rudder of a ship'.^[2]