Turczaninovia

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Turczaninovia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Asterinae
Genus: Turczaninovia
DC.
Species:
T. fastigiata
Binomial name
Turczaninovia fastigiata
(Fisch.) DC.

Turczaninovia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. [1] It only contains one known species, Turczaninovia fastigiata. [1]

Its native range stretches from south-eastern Siberia (within the Russian province of Chita Oblast), Far Eastern Federal District (within the provinces of Amur Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai and Primorsky Krai), to China (including Inner Mongolia and Manchuria), Mongolia, Korea, and Japan. [1]


The genus name of Turczaninovia is in honour of Nikolai Turczaninow (1796–1863), a Russian botanist and plant collector who first identified several genera, and many species of plants. [2] The Latin specific epithet of fastigiata means pointed derived from fastigiate. [3] It was first described and published in Prodr. Vol.5 on page 257 in 1836. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Turczaninovia DC. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 March 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.
  3. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN   184533731X.