Paulita is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.[1]
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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: | Paulita Soják |
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Its native range is Central Asia and it is found in Kyrgyzstan and Tadzhikistan.[1]
The genus name of Paulita is in honour of Pavel Nikolaevich Ovczinnikov or Paul Ovczinnikov (1903–1979), who was a Russian botanist, specialist in grasses, who in 1945 was the Director of the Botanical Institute at the Academcy of Sciences in Tajikistan.[2]
The genus was circumscribed by Jiří Soják in Čas. Nár. Muz. Praze, Rada Přír. vol.150 on page 216 in (1981, publ. 1982).[1]
Species edit
As accepted by Plants of the World Online:[1]
- Paulita alaica (Pimenov & Kljuykov) Pimenov & Kljuykov
- Paulita alpina (Schischk.) Soják
- Paulita ovczinnikovii (Korovin) Soják
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Paulita Soják | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.