Schrenkia Explained

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

Its native range is Central Asia (within Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan) to Xinjiang.

The genus name of Schrenkia is in honour of Alexander von Schrenk (1816–1876), a Russian naturalist born near Tula in what was then the Russian Empire. He was a brother to zoologist Leopold von Schrenck (1826–1894).^[2] It was first described and published in Enum. Pl. Nov. Vol.1 on page 63 in 1841.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew:

• Schrenkia alaica
• Schrenkia congesta
• Schrenkia golickeana
• Schrenkia hebecarpa
• Schrenkia involucrata
• Schrenkia kultiassovii
• Schrenkia papillaris
• Schrenkia pulverulenta
• Schrenkia pungens
• Schrenkia turkestanica
• Schrenkia ugamica
• Schrenkia vaginata

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schrenkia Fisch. & C.A.Mey. 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.