Ladyginia

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

Ladyginia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Ladyginia
Lipsky
Synonyms

Spongiosyndesmus Gilli

Its native to parts of Central Asia. It is found in Afghanistan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.[1]

The genus name of Ladyginia is in honour of Veniamin Fedorovich Ladygin (1860–1932), a Russian botanist who collected in East Asia.[2] It was first described and published in Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada Vol.23 on page 150 in 1904.[1]

Known species

According to Kew:[1]

  • Ladyginia afghanica (Gilli) Pimenov & Kljuykov
  • Ladyginia bucharica Lipsky
  • Ladyginia gigantea (Leute) Pimenov & Kljuykov

References
  1. "Ladyginia Lipsky | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  2. 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.
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