Lecokia
Species of flowering plant
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Lecokia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.[2] It just contains one species, Lecokia cretica (Lam.) DC. [1]
| Lecokia | |
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| Lecokia cretica in Turkey | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Apioideae |
| Tribe: | Smyrnieae |
| Genus: | Lecokia DC. |
| Species: | L. cretica |
| Binomial name | |
| Lecokia cretica | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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It is native to Cyprus, the East Aegean Islands, Iran, Crete, Lebanon, Palestine, South Caucasus (of Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan), Syria, and Turkey.[1]
The genus name of Lecokia is in honour of Henri Lecoq (1802–1871), a French botanist.[3] The genus has 2 known synonyms: Apolgusa Raf. and Conilaria Raf.[2]
The Latin specific epithet of cretica means "coming from Crete", where the plant was found.[4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Coll. Mém. Vol.5 on page 67 in 1829.[1]