Komaroviopsis
Genus of plants
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Komaroviopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.[1] It contains only one species, Komaroviopsis anisoptera, native to Uzbekistan in Central Asia.[2]
| Komaroviopsis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Apioideae |
| Tribe: | Komarovieae |
| Genus: | Komaroviopsis Doweld[1] |
| Species: | K. anisoptera |
| Binomial name | |
| Komaroviopsis anisoptera (Korovin) Doweld[2] | |
Taxonomy
The genus was first described in 1939,[3] along with the sole species. The name Komarovia was in honour of Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov (1869–1945), a Russian botanist.[4] However, the genus name Komaroffia, a variant spelling of Komarov's name when made into Latin, had already been published in 1887, so "Komarovia" is an illegitimate name. The replacement name Komaroviopsis was published in 2021.[5]
The Latin specific epithet of anisoptera is made up of two words; aniso meaning unequal or uneven, and ptera from Greek pterux word meaning wing.[6][7]