Theodorovia

Theodorovia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Subfamily: Campanuloideae
Genus: Theodorovia
Kolak.
Synonyms[1]
  • Campanula hakkiarica P.H.Davis
  • Campanula karakuschensis Grossh.
  • Campanula minsteriana Grossh.
  • Fedorovia karakuschensis (Grossh.) Kolak.

Theodorovia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Campanulaceae.[2] It only contains one known species, Theodorovia karakuschensis (Grossh.) Kolak.[2]

Its native range is Iran, the Transcaucasus and Turkey.[2]

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.[3] The genus Theodorovia has the synonym Fedorovia Kolak.[2] The plant is normally found on higher ground.

The genus was first circumscribed in Kolokol'chik. Kavkaza on pages 50-51 in 1991,[2] to house a species which had previously been described in Campanula.

It has been used in Turkey in folk medicine to treat kidney stones.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Theodorovia karakuschensis (Grossh.) Kolak". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Theodorovia Kolak. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Görhan, K. Ö.; Öztürk, F. (April 2021). "Ethnopharmacological survey of medicinal and foods plants in Derecik (Hakkari-Turkey)". Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. 20 (2): 416–425.