Sclerotiaria is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. The only species is Sclerotiaria pentaceros.[2] It is also in Tribe Coriandreae.[3]
| Sclerotiaria | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Apioideae |
| Tribe: | Coriandreae |
| Genus: | Sclerotiaria Korovin |
| Species: | S. pentaceros
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| Binomial name | |
| Sclerotiaria pentaceros (Korovin) Korovin
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It is native to Kazakhstan in Central Asia.[2]
The genus name of Sclerotiaria is a compound word derived from Greek skleros meaning hard and also tiara - a Persian diadem, or small crown.[4] The Latin specific epithet of pentaceros is a compound word, penta meaning five and ceros from greek (kéras) meaning horn.[5] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Trudy Inst. Bot. Akad. Nauk Kazakhst. S.S.R. Vol.13 on page 243 in 1962.[2][1]
References edit
- ^ a b "Sclerotiaria pentaceros (Korovin) Korovin". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ a b c "Sclerotiaria Korovin | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ Terentieva, Elena I.; Valiejo-Roman, C. M.; Samigullin, Tahir H; Pimenov, Michael; Tilney, Patricia (January 2015). "Molecular phylogenetic and morphological analyses of the traditional tribe Coriandreae (Umbelliferae-Apioideae)". Phytotaxa. 195 (4): 251–271.
- ^ Umberto Quattrocchi CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms ... (1999), p. 2435, at Google Books
- ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.