Tamamschjanella Explained

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

Its native range is from Greece to Afghanistan, via Iran, the North Caucasus, Transcaucasus and Turkey.^[1]

The genus name of Tamamschjanella is in honour of Sofya Georgiyevna Tamamshyan (1901–1981), a Russian-Soviet botanist and plant taxonomist noted for describing 7 genera and more than 50 species of plant.^[2] It was first described and published in Bot. Zhurn. (published in Moscow & Leningrad) Vol.81 (Issue 8) on page 75 in 1996.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew:^[1]

• Tamamschjanella cruciata
• Tamamschjanella rhizomatica

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tamamschjanella Pimenov & Kljuykov Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 18 March 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 . 187926901 . 1 January 2021.