Froriepia subpinnata explained

Froriepia is a genus of flowering plants in the umbellifer family Apiaceae. It contains a sincle species, Froriepa subpinnata, a biennial native to the Caucasus region, including southern Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and northern Iran.[1]

Froriepa subpinnata prefers to live in scrubby areas, in meadows, and on forest edges.[2]

The genus name of Froriepia is in honour of Ludwig Friedrich von Froriep (1779–1847), a German doctor, professor of medicine and anatomy in Jena and Halle.[3] It was first described and published in Linnaea Vol.16 on page 362 in 1842.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Froriepia K.Koch Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 31 July 2024. en.
  2. Book: The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants: Flowering Plants. Eudicots - Apiales, Gentianales (except Rubiaceae) . XV . 2019 . Kadereit . Joachim W. . Bittrich . Volker . 9783319936048 . 131 .
  3. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 1 January 2021.

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