Laser (plant)

Laser
Laser trilobum in Lower Austria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Apiaceae
Subfamily:	Apioideae
Tribe:	Scandiceae
Subtribe:	Daucinae
Genus:	Laser Borkh. ex P.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb. [1]
Species
See text
Synonyms [2]
AcanthopleuraK.Koch GalbanumD.Don PolylophiumBoiss.

Laser is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, native to Europe and southwestern Asia, from France east to the Ural Mountains in Russia and northern Iran. ^[2] The genus was first described in 1799. ^[1]

Species

As of November 2022 ^[update] , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: ^[2]

• Laser affine (Ledeb.) Wojew. & Spalik – Turkey, Transcaucasus
• Laser archangelica (Wulfen) Spalik & Wojew. – Eastern Europe from Poland south to Bulgaria
• Laser carduchorum (Hedge & Lamond) Wojew. & Spalik – Turkey (endemic)
• Laser involucratum (Pall. ex Schult.) Spalik & Wojew. – northern Iran (endemic)
• Laser panjutinii (Manden. & Schischk.) Banasiak, Wojew. & Spalik – Transcaucasus (endemic)
• Laser stevenii (Fisch. & Trautv.) Wojew. & Spalik – North Caucasus, Transcaucasus
• Laser trilobum (L.) Borkh. – France east to the Ural Mountains in Russia and northern Iran

References

1. "Laser Borkh. ex P.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.", The International Plant Names Index , retrieved 2022-12-07
2. "Laser Borkh. ex P.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.", Plants of the World Online , Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , retrieved 2022-12-07