Schtschurowskia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Apiales |
Family: | Apiaceae |
Subfamily: | Apioideae |
Tribe: | Pyramidoptereae |
Genus: | Schtschurowskia Regel & Schmalh. |
Schtschuriowskia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.[1]
Its native range is Central Asia and The Ballkans and is found in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Albania, Kosovo, Greece, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.[1]
The genus name of Schtschuriowskia is in honour of Gregory Ephimovich Shchurovsky (1803–1884), a Russian Professor of geology in Moscow.[2] It was first described and published in Izv. Imp. Obshch. Lyubit. Estestv. Moskovsk. Univ. Vol.34 (Issue 2) on page 40 in 1882.[1]
According to Kew:[1]