Froriepia are a genus of flowering plants in the umbellifer family Apiaceae, native to the Caucasus region, including Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Iran. They prefer to live in scrubby areas, in meadows, and on forest edges.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Froriepia K.Koch[1] |
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The genus name of Froriepia is in honour of Ludwig Friedrich von Froriep (1779–1847), a German doctor, professor of medicine and anatomy in Jena and Halle.[3] It was first described and published in Linnaea Vol.16 on page 362 in 1842.[4]
Species edit
Currently accepted species include:[4]
- Froriepia gracillima Leute (dubious)[2]
- Froriepia subpinnata (Ledeb.) Baill.
References edit
- ^ Linnaea 16: 362 (1842)
- ^ a b Kadereit, Joachim W.; Bittrich, Volker (2019). The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants: Flowering Plants. Eudicots - Apiales, Gentianales (except Rubiaceae). Vol. XV. p. 131. ISBN 9783319936048.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Froriepia K.Koch | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 September 2021.