Biology:Stefanoffia

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Short description: Genus of flowering plant

Stefanoffia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Apioideae
Genus: Stefanoffia
H.Wolff

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

It is native to Bulgaria and Greece in southeastern Europe and in Turkey.[1]

The genus name of Stefanoffia is in honour of Boris Stefanoff (1894–1979), a Bulgarian botanist and curator at the herbarium of Sofia University.[2] It was first described and published in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem Vol.9 on page 282 in 1925.[1]

Known species, according to Kew:[1]

  • Stefanoffia daucoides (Boiss.) H.Wolff
  • Stefanoffia insoluta Kljuykov

References

Wikidata ☰ Q10374114 entry