Takhtajaniantha is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.[2][3]
Takhtajaniantha | |
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Takhtajaniantha pusilla | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Tribe: | Cichorieae[1] |
Genus: | Takhtajaniantha Nazarova |
Binomial name | |
Takhtajaniantha pusilla (Pall.) Nazarova | |
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The genus is named for Armenian botanist Armen Takhtajan, 1910-2009.[2]
The only known species is Takhtajaniantha pusilla. It is widespread across central and southwestern Asia (Xinjiang Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Armenia, Nakhichevan, Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, Palestine, Sinai, Saudi Arabia) as well as the Dagestan region of southern European Russia.[4]
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Takhtajaniantha |
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Takhtajaniantha pusilla |
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