Komaroviopsis Explained

Komaroviopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.^[1] It contains only one species, Komaroviopsis anisoptera, native to Uzbekistan in Central Asia.^[2]

Taxonomy

The genus was first described in 1939,^[3] along with the sole species. The name Komarovia was in honour of Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov (1869–1945), a Russian botanist.^[4] However, the genus name Komaroffia, a variant spelling of Komarov's name when made into Latin, had already been published in 1887, so "Komarovia" is an illegitimate name. The replacement name Komaroviopsis was published in 2021.^[5]

The Latin specific epithet of anisoptera is made up of two words; aniso meaning unequal or uneven, and ptera from Greek pterux word meaning wing.^{[6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Komaroviopsis Doweld Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 17 December 2022 . en.
2. Web site: Komaroviopsis anisoptera (Korovin) Doweld Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 17 December 2022 . en.
3. Web site: Komaroviopsis . . 2022-12-17 .
4. 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.
5. Web site: Komarovia . . 2022-12-17 .
6. D. Gledhill
7. Book: Harrison, Lorraine . RHS Latin for Gardeners . 2012 . Mitchell Beazley . United Kingdom . 978-1845337315 .