Aaronsohnia Explained

Aaronsohnia is a genus in the family Asteraceae, native to mainly non-salty steppes and deserts in North Africa and Middle East. It was named in 1927 after the agronomist Aaron Aaronsohn by the botanists Otto Warburg (1859–1938) and Alexander Eig (1894–1938).

Species and subspecies

, Plants of the World online has 2 accepted species:

• Aaronsohnia factorovskyi
• Aaronsohnia pubescens (basionym : Cotula pubescens)
  • A. pubescens subsp. pubescens
  • A. pubescens subsp. maroccana

Bibliography

• Bremer . K. . C. J. Humphries . 1993 . Generic monograph of the Asteraceae-Anthemideae . Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Bot. . 23 . 2 . 71–177.
• Book: Warburg. Otto. Otto Warburg (botanist). Eig. Alexander. Alexander Eig. Leaflet, Agricultural Experiment Station, Zionist Organisation Institute. 1927. 6.

External links

• African flowering plants database
• Photo of Aaronsohnia factorovskyi
• Photo of Aaronsohnia pubescens
• Chemical Composition and Antifungal Activity of Aaronsohnia pubescens Essential Oil from Algeria