Vicatia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.[1] It is also in tribe Selineae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Apioideae |
| Tribe: | Selineae |
| Genus: | Vicatia DC. |
Its native range stretches from Afghanistan, through Central Asia (within Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan), parts of the Indian subcontinent (Assam, Nepal, Pakistan, West and East Himalaya), China (South-Central, Qinghai, Tibet and Xinjiang) and up to parts of Siberia, within Altai; (Altai Krai and Altai Republic), Krasnoyarsk and West Siberia.[1]
Known species
editAs accepted by Kew:[1]
- Vicatia atrosanguinea (Kar. & Kir.) P.K.Mukh. & Pimenov
- Vicatia coniifolia DC.
- Vicatia nepalensis Kljuykov
- Vicatia thibetica H.Boissieu
- Vicatia wolffiana (Fedde ex H.Wolff) C.Norman
Taxonomy
editThe genus name of Vicatia is in honour of Philippe-Rodolphe Vicat (1742–1783), a Swiss doctor and botanist in Warsaw, Poland, and also Lausanne, Switzerland.[2] It was first described and published in Prodr. Vol.4 on page 243 in 1830.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Vicatia DC. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ 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.