Komaroviopsis

Komaroviopsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Apioideae
Tribe: Komarovieae
Genus: Komaroviopsis
Doweld[2]
Species:
K. anisoptera
Binomial name
Komaroviopsis anisoptera
(Korovin) Doweld[1]

Komaroviopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.[2] It contains only one species, Komaroviopsis anisoptera, native to Uzbekistan in Central Asia.[1]

Taxonomy

The genus was first described in 1939,[3] along with the sole species. The name Komarovia was in honour of Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov (1869–1945), a Russian botanist.[4] However, the genus name Komaroffia, a variant spelling of Komarov's name when made into Latin, had already been published in 1887, so "Komarovia" is an illegitimate name. The replacement name Komaroviopsis was published in 2021.[5]

The Latin specific epithet of anisoptera is made up of two words; aniso meaning unequal or uneven, and ptera from Greek pterux word meaning wing.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Komaroviopsis anisoptera (Korovin) Doweld | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Komaroviopsis Doweld | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Komaroviopsis". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  4. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Komarovia". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  6. ^ D. Gledhill The Names of Plants (2008), p. 220, at Google Books
  7. ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.