Scaligeria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.[1] It is also in Tribe Pyramidoptereae.
| Scaligeria | |
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| Scaligeria napiformis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Apioideae |
| Tribe: | Pyramidoptereae |
| Genus: | Scaligeria DC. |
Its native range is eastern Mediterranean (within Crete, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Greece and Yugoslavia) to Central Asia (within Albania, Lebanon, Libya, Israel, Syria and Turkey) and Uzbekistan.[1]
The genus name of Scaligeria is in honour of Julius Caesar Scaliger (1484–1558), an Italian scholar and physician, who spent a major part of his career in France.[2] It was first described and published in Coll. Mém. Vol.5 on page 70 in 1829.[1]
Known species edit
According to Kew:[1]
- Scaligeria alziarii Hand, Hadjik. & Zetzsche
- Scaligeria halophila (Rech.f.) Rech.f.
- Scaligeria korshinskii (Lipsky) Korovin
- Scaligeria lazica Boiss.
- Scaligeria moreana Engstrand
- Scaligeria napiformis (Willd. ex Spreng.) Grande
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Scaligeria DC. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ 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.