Scaligeria (plant) explained

Scaligeria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.^[1] It is also in Tribe Pyramidoptereae.

Its native range is eastern Mediterranean (within Crete, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Greece and Yugoslavia) to Central Asia (within Albania, Lebanon, Libya, Israel, Syria and Turkey) and Uzbekistan.

The genus name of Scaligeria is in honour of Julius Caesar Scaliger (1484–1558), an Italian scholar and physician, who spent a major part of his career in France.^[2] It was first described and published in Coll. Mém. Vol.5 on page 70 in 1829.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew:

• Scaligeria alziarii
• Scaligeria halophila
• Scaligeria korshinskii
• Scaligeria lazica
• Scaligeria moreana
• Scaligeria napiformis

Notes and References

1. Web site: Scaligeria DC. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 20 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.