Kitagawia

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Kitagawia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Kitagawia
Pimenov

Kitagawia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.[1]

Its native range is temperate Asia. It is found in the countries of China (within Manchuria and Inner Mongolia), Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Mongolia, Taiwan and the Russian regions and republics of Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Islands, Primorye, Sakhalin, Tuva, Western Siberia and Yakutskiya).[1]

The genus name of Kitagawia is in honour of Masao Kitagawa (1910–1995), a Japanese botanist and pteridologist.[2] It was first described and published in Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) Vol.71 on page 943 in 1986.[1]

Known species

According to Kew:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Kitagawia Pimenov | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 May 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.

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