Karelinia

Karelinia
Karelinia caspia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Inuleae[1]
Genus: Karelinia
Less.
Binomial name
Karelinia caspia
(Pall.) Less.
Synonyms[1]

Karelinia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.[2][3]

Genus is named in honor of Grigory Karelin (1801-1872), Russian explorer.

Species

There is only one known species, Karelinia caspia, native to European Russia, Altai, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Afghanistan, Iran, China (Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Gansu), and Mongolia.[1][4][5]

References


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