Grafia (plant)

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Grafia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Grafia
Rchb.
Synonyms
  • GolattaRaf.
  • HladnikiaW.D.J.Koch
  • MalabailaTausch

Grafia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. [1] [2] It only contains one species, Grafia golaka(Hacq.) Rchb.

Its native range is southern central Europe. It is found in the countries of Albania, Italy and Yugoslavia. [1]

It grows on montane meadows. [3]

The genus name of Grafia is in honour of Žiga Graf (1801–1838), German doctor and botanist in Ljubljana. [4] It was first described and published by Ludwig Reichenbach in Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. on page 219 in 1837. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Grafia Rchb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  2. "Grafia Rchb". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  3. Fabio Conti, Fabrizio Bartolucci The Vascular Flora of the National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise (Central Italy); An Annotated Checklist (2015) , p. 28, at Google Books
  4. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN   978-3-946292-26-5 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.

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