Ortegia
Ortegia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. It only contains one known species, Ortegia hispanica It is part of the tribe Polycarpaeae, clustering with "Cardionema" and "Illecebrum". Its native range is the western Mediterranean. It is still found in Portugal and Spain. It is now classed as extinct in Algeria and Italy. The genus name of "Ortegia" is in honour of José Ortega (d. 1761), a Spanish military apothecary at the court of Ferdinand VI. He was also the secretary of the royal academy of medicine and director of a medicinal botanical garden  in Madrid. The genus of "Ortegia" has 3 known synonyms; "Cervaria" , "Mosina" and "Terogia" The Latin specific epithet of "hispanica" is derived from Hispanic (Spanish: Hispano) which refers to people, cultures, or countries related to Spain. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in C.Linnaeus's book, Sp. Pl. on page 560 in 1753.