Ledebouriella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.[1] It only contains one known species, Ledebouriella multiflora (Ledeb.) H.Wolff.[2]

Ledebouriella
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Apioideae
Tribe: Selineae
Genus: Ledebouriella
H.Wolff
Species:
L. multiflora
Binomial name
Ledebouriella multiflora
(Ledeb.) H.Wolff
Synonyms
  • Rumia multiflora Ledeb.
  • Stenocoelium tenuifolium Korovin

It is native to Kazakhstan in Central Asia.[2]

The genus name of Ledebouriella is in honour of Carl Friedrich von Ledebour (1786–1851), a German-Estonian botanist.[3] The Latin specific epithet of multiflora means multiple flowers.[4] Both genus and species were first described and published in H.G.A.Engler (editor.), Pflanzenr., IV, Vol.228 (Edition 43) on page 191 in 1910.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Ledebouriella H.Wolff | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Ledebouriella multiflora (Ledeb.) H.Wolff | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 October 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. ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.