Semenovia

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Semenovia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Apioideae
Tribe: Tordylieae
Subtribe: Tordyliinae
Genus: Semenovia
Regel & Herder
Synonyms
  • MerwiopsisSaphina
  • NeoplatytaeniaGeld.
  • PlatytaeniaNevski & Vved

Semenovia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. [1] It is in subfamily Apioideae and also tribe Tordylieae subtribe Tordyliinae. [2]

Its native range is from Iran to Central Asia (within Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Tibet, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and the Western Himalayas) and China. [1]

The genus name of Semenovia is in honour of Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky (1827–1914), a Russian geographer and statistician who managed the Russian Geographical Society for more than 40 years. He gained international fame for his pioneering exploration of the Tian Shan mountains. [3] It was first described and published in Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou Vol.39 (II) on page 78 in 1866. [1]

Known species

According to Kew, about 30 known species: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Semenovia Regel & Herder | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 Qun-ying, Xiao; Tan, Jin-Bo; Hu, Hao-Yu; Zhou, Song Dong (June 2017). "Semenovia gyirongensis (Apiaceae), a new species from Xizang, China". PhytoKeys (82): 57–72. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.82.13010 . PMC   5546390 . PMID   28794682.
  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.