Stefanoffia

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Stefanoffia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Apioideae
Genus: Stefanoffia
H.Wolff

Stefanoffia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. [1]

It is native to Bulgaria and Greece in southeastern Europe and in Turkey. [1]

The genus name of Stefanoffia is in honour of Boris Stefanoff (1894–1979), a Bulgarian botanist and curator at the herbarium of Sofia University. [2] It was first described and published in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem Vol.9 on page 282 in 1925. [1]

Known species, according to Kew: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Stefanoffia H.Wolff | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  2. 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.