Biology:Schulzia (plant)

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Short description: Genus of flowering plant

Schulzia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Apioideae
Tribe: Pyramidoptereae
Genus: Schulzia
Spreng.

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

Its native range is Central Asia (within Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan,) to Siberia (within Altay, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva), Far East Russia (within Amur and Buryatiya) and the Himalaya s (within East Himalaya, Mongolia,Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya and Xinjiang).[1]

The genus name of Schulzia is in honour of Karl Friedrich Schultz (1766–1837), German doctor and botanist, and Johann Heinrich Schulze (1687–1744), a German professor and polymath.[2] It was first described and published by George Bentham in London J. Bot. Vol.4 on page 633 in 1845.[1]

Known species

According to Kew:[1]

  • Schulzia albiflora (Kar. & Kir.) Popov
  • Schulzia bhutanica M.F.Watson
  • Schulzia crinita (Pall.) Spreng.
  • Schulzia dissecta (C.B.Clarke) C.Norman
  • Schulzia prostrata Pimenov & Kljuykov
  • Schulzia tianschanica Lazkov & Kljuykov

References

Wikidata ☰ Q10368879 entry