Kundmannia Explained

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

Its native range is the Mediterranean. It is found in Algeria, the Balearic Islands, Corsica, Greece, Italy, Crete, Morocco, Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily, Spain, Tunisia and Turkey.

The genus name of Kundmannia is in honour of Johann Christian Kundmann (1684–1751), a German doctor from Wrocław with a large naturalist collection.^[2] It was first described and published in Intr. Hist. Nat. on page 116 in 1777.

Known species, according to Kew:

• Kundmannia anatolica
• Kundmannia sicula
• Kundmannia syriaca

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kundmannia Scop. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 24 May 2021 . en.
2. 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.