Theodorovia Explained

Theodorovia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Campanulaceae.^[1] It only contains one known species, Theodorovia karakuschensis

Its native range is Iran, the Transcaucasus and Turkey.

The genus name of Theodorovia is in honour of Andrey A. Fedorov (1908–1987), a Soviet Russian biologist, botanist, taxonomist and phytogeographer, who was from 1970 a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.^[2] The genus Theodorovia has the synonym Fedorovia The plant is normally found on higher ground.

The genus was first circumscribed in Kolokol'chik. Kavkaza on pages 50-51 in 1991,^[1] to house a species which had previously been described in Campanula.

It has been used in Turkey in folk medicine to treat kidney stones.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Theodorovia Kolak. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 17 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 . 1 January 2021.
3. Görhan . K. Ö. . Öztürk . F. . Ethnopharmacological survey of medicinal and foods plants in Derecik (Hakkari-Turkey) . Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge . April 2021 . 20 . 2 . 416-425.