Laser is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, native to Europe and southwestern Asia, from France east to the Ural Mountains in Russia and northern Iran.[2] The genus was first described in 1799.[1]

Laser
Laser trilobum in Lower Austria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Apioideae
Tribe: Scandiceae
Subtribe: Daucinae
Genus: Laser
Borkh. ex P.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.[1]
Species

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Synonyms[2]
  • Acanthopleura K.Koch
  • Galbanum D.Don
  • Polylophium Boiss.

Species

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As of November 2022, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[2]

  • Laser affine (Ledeb.) Wojew. & Spalik – Turkey, Transcaucasus
  • Laser archangelica (Wulfen) Spalik & Wojew. – Eastern Europe from Poland south to Bulgaria
  • Laser carduchorum (Hedge & Lamond) Wojew. & Spalik – Turkey (endemic)
  • Laser involucratum (Pall. ex Schult.) Spalik & Wojew. – northern Iran (endemic)
  • Laser panjutinii (Manden. & Schischk.) Banasiak, Wojew. & Spalik – Transcaucasus (endemic)
  • Laser stevenii (Fisch. & Trautv.) Wojew. & Spalik – North Caucasus, Transcaucasus
  • Laser trilobum (L.) Borkh. – France east to the Ural Mountains in Russia and northern Iran

References

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  1. ^ a b "Laser Borkh. ex P.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2022-12-07
  2. ^ a b c "Laser Borkh. ex P.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2022-12-07