Lecokia

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Lecokia
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Lecokia cretica in Turkey
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Apioideae
Tribe: Smyrnieae
Genus: Lecokia
DC.
Species:
L. cretica
Binomial name
Lecokia cretica
(Lam.) DC.
Synonyms [1]
  • Apolgusa cretica(Lam.) Raf.
  • Athamanta cervariifoliaViv. ex Steud.
  • Cachrys creticaLam.
  • Conilaria cretica(Lam.) Raf.
  • Scandix latifoliaSm.

Lecokia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. [2] It just contains one species, Lecokia cretica(Lam.) DC. [1]

It is native to Cyprus, the East Aegean Islands, Iran, Crete, Lebanon, Palestine, South Caucasus (of Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan), Syria, and Turkey. [1]

The genus name of Lecokia is in honour of Henri Lecoq (1802–1871), a French botanist. [3] The genus has 2 known synonyms of ApolgusaRaf. and ConilariaRaf. [2]

The Latin specific epithet of cretica means "coming from Crete, where the plant was found. [4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Coll. Mém. Vol.5 on page 67 in 1829. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Lecokia cretica (Lam.) DC". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Lecokia DC. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  3. 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.
  4. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN   184533731X.