| Portenschlagiella | |
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| Portenschlagiella ramosissima | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Portenschlagiella Tutin |
| Species: | P. ramosissima |
| Binomial name | |
| Portenschlagiella ramosissima (Port.) Tutin | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Portenschlagiella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. It has one known synonym of PortenschlagiaVis. [2] It only contains one known species, Portenschlagiella ramosissima(Port.) Tutin [1]
Its native range is southern Italy and the western Balkan Peninsula, and it is found in Albania, Italy and Yugoslavia. [1]
The species was first described in 1820 as Athamanta ramosissima by Franz Edler von Portenschlag-Ledermayr (1772–1822), an Austrian lawyer and botanist who collected in the Alps and the Dalmatian islands. [1] [3] The Latin specific epithet of ramosissima is derived from ramosissimus meaning 'with many branches'. [4] In 1967 Thomas Gaskell Tutin placed the species in a new genus, Portenschlagiella, which he named in honour of Portenschlag. The genus and renamed species were described and published in Feddes Repert. Vol. 74 on page 32. [1]