• Source: Semenovia

Semenovia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. It is in subfamily Apioideae and also tribe Tordylieae subtribe Tordyliinae.
Its native range is from Iran to Central Asia (within Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Tibet, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and the Western Himalayas) and China.
The genus name of Semenovia is in honour of Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky (1827–1914), a Russian geographer and statistician who managed the Russian Geographical Society for more than 40 years. He gained international fame for his pioneering exploration of the Tian Shan mountains.
It was first described and published in Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou Vol.39 (II) on page 78 in 1866.




Known species


According to Kew, about 30 known species:




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Daftar genus anggota Apiaceae
• Semenovia
• Semenovia brunonis
• Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky
• List of plant genera named for people (Q–Z)
• List of Apiaceae genera
• Kandaharia