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Kundmannia

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Kundmannia
Kundmannia sicula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Kundmannia
Scop.
Synonyms
  • Arduina Adans.
  • Brignolia Bertol.
  • Campderia Lag.
  • Darion Raf.

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

Its native range is the Mediterranean. It is found in Algeria, the Balearic Islands, Corsica, Greece, Italy, Crete, Morocco, Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily, Spain, Tunisia and Turkey.[1]

The genus name of Kundmannia is in honour of Johann Christian Kundmann (1684–1751), a German doctor from Wrocław with a large naturalist collection.[2] It was first described and published in Intr. Hist. Nat. on page 116 in 1777.[1]

Known species, according to Kew:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Kundmannia Scop. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 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. Retrieved 1 January 2021.