Semenovia Explained
Semenovia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.[1] It is in subfamily Apioideae and also tribe Tordylieae subtribe Tordyliinae.[2]
Its native range is from Iran to Central Asia (within Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Tibet, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and the Western Himalayas) and China.
The genus name of Semenovia is in honour of Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky (1827–1914), a Russian geographer and statistician who managed the Russian Geographical Society for more than 40 years. He gained international fame for his pioneering exploration of the Tian Shan mountains.[3] It was first described and published in Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou Vol.39 (II) on page 78 in 1866.[1]
Known species
According to Kew, about 30 known species:
- Semenovia alaica
- Semenovia bucharica
- Semenovia dasycarpa
- Semenovia dichotoma
- Semenovia dissectifolia
- Semenovia eriocarpa
- Semenovia frigida
- Semenovia furcata
- Semenovia glabrior
- Semenovia gyirongensis [2]
- Semenovia heracleifolia
- Semenovia heterodonta
- Semenovia imbricata
- Semenovia lasiocarpa
- Semenovia macrocarpa
- Semenovia malcolmii
- Semenovia pamirica
- Semenovia pimpinellioides
- Semenovia propinqua
- Semenovia pulvinata
- Semenovia radiata
- Semenovia rubtzovii
- Semenovia subscaposa
- Semenovia suffruticosa
- Semenovia thomsonii
- Semenovia tragioides
- Semenovia transiliensis
- Semenovia vachanica
- Semenovia vaginata
- Semenovia zaprjagaevii
Notes and References
- Web site: Semenovia Regel & Herder Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 19 May 2021 . en.
- Qun-ying . Xiao . Tan . Jin-Bo . Hu . Hao-Yu . Zhou . Song Dong . Semenovia gyirongensis (Apiaceae), a new species from Xizang, China . PhytoKeys . June 2017 . 82 . 57–72 . 10.3897/phytokeys.82.13010. free . 28794682 . 5546390 .
- 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.
