Lecokia Explained

Lecokia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.[1] It just contains one species, Lecokia cretica (Lam.) DC.

It is native to Cyprus, the East Aegean Islands, Iran, Crete, Lebanon, Palestine, South Caucasus (of Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan), Syria, and Turkey. The genus name of Lecokia is in honour of Henri Lecoq (1802–1871), a French botanist.[2] The genus has 2 known synonyms of Apolgusa and Conilaria [1]

The Latin specific epithet of cretica means "coming from Crete, where the plant was found.[3] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Coll. Mém. Vol.5 on page 67 in 1829.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lecokia DC. 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.
  3. Book: Harrison, Lorraine . RHS Latin for Gardeners . 2012 . Mitchell Beazley . United Kingdom . 978-1845337315 .