Theodorovia
Species of flowering plant
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Theodorovia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Campanulaceae.[2] It only contains one known species, Theodorovia karakuschensis (Grossh.) Kolak.[2]
| Theodorovia | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Campanulaceae |
| Subfamily: | Campanuloideae |
| Genus: | Theodorovia Kolak. |
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Its native range is Iran, the Transcaucasus and Turkey.[2]
The genus name of Theodorovia is in honour of Andrey A. Fedorov (1908–1987), a Soviet Russian biologist, botanist, taxonomist and phytogeographer, who was from 1970 a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.[3] The genus Theodorovia has the synonym Fedorovia Kolak.[2] The plant is normally found on higher ground.
The genus was first circumscribed in Kolokol'chik. Kavkaza on pages 50-51 in 1991,[2] to house a species which had previously been described in Campanula.
It has been used in Turkey in folk medicine to treat kidney stones.[4]