Schulzia (plant)

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

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

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 Himalayas (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

  1. "Schulzia Spreng. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 May 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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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