Biology:Ajania

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Ajania
Ajania pacifica 2.JPG
Ajania pacifica
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Anthemideae
Genus: Ajania
Poljakov
Type species
Ajania pallasiana
(F. E. L. Fischer ex W. G. Besser) P. P. Poljakov
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Cryanthemum Kamelin
  • Phaeostigma Muldashev

Ajania is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, described as a genus in 1955.[3][4] The genus is native to temperate Asia, primarily Russia and China .[1][2] It is named after the Russian port city Ayan in the Khabarovsk Krai region of the Russian Far East, on the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk.[5]

Species

(As of August 2020), Kew's Plants of the World Online accepts 43 species in the genus Ajania:[6]


References

Wikidata ☰ Q2369424 entry