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]

Semenovia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
  • Merwiopsis Saphina
  • Neoplatytaenia Geld.
  • Platytaenia Nevski & Vved

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 edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Semenovia Regel & Herder | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b 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 (1): 57–72. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.82.13010. PMC 5546390.
  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.