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Scaligeria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.[1] It is also in Tribe Pyramidoptereae.

Scaligeria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Apiaceae
Genus:	Scaligeria DC.

Its native range is eastern Mediterranean (within Crete, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Greece and Yugoslavia) to Central Asia (within Albania, Lebanon, Libya, Palestine, Syria and Turkey) and Uzbekistan.[1]

The genus name of Scaligeria is in honour of Julius Caesar Scaliger (1484–1558), an Italian scholar and physician, who spent a major part of his career in France.[2] It was first described and published in Coll. Mém. Vol.5 on page 70 in 1829.[1]

Known species

According to Kew:[1]

• Scaligeria alziarii Hand, Hadjik. & Zetzsche
• Scaligeria halophila (Rech.f.) Rech.f.
• Scaligeria korshinskii (Lipsky) Korovin
• Scaligeria lazica Boiss.
• Scaligeria moreana Engstrand
• Scaligeria napiformis (Willd. ex Spreng.) Grande

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