Theodorovia
| Theodorovia | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Campanulaceae |
| Subfamily: | Campanuloideae |
| Genus: | Theodorovia Kolak. |
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Theodorovia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Campanulaceae.[2] It only contains one known species, Theodorovia karakuschensis (Grossh.) Kolak.[2] Its native range is Iran, the Transcaucasus and Turkey.[2] The genus name of Theodorovia is in honour of Andrey A. Fedorov (1908–1987), a Soviet Russian biologist, botanist, taxonomist and phytogeographer, who was from 1970 a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.[3] The genus Theodorovia has the synonym Fedorovia Kolak.[2] The plant is normally found on higher ground. The genus was first circumscribed in Kolokol'chik. Kavkaza on pages 50-51 in 1991,[2] to house a species which had previously been described in Campanula. It has been used in Turkey in folk medicine to treat kidney stones.[4]
References
- ↑ "Theodorovia karakuschensis (Grossh.) Kolak". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Theodorovia Kolak. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 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.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ Görhan, K. Ö.; Öztürk, F. (April 2021). "Ethnopharmacological survey of medicinal and foods plants in Derecik (Hakkari-Turkey)". Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. 20 (2): 416–425.