Ajania
Display parents2
TaxonAjania
AuthorityPoljakov
Type speciesAjania pallasiana
Type species authority(F. E. L. Fischer ex W. G. Besser) P. P. Poljakov
Synonyms
  • Cryanthemum Kamelin
  • Phaeostigma Muldashev

Ajania is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, described as a genus in 1955.[1][2] The genus is native to temperate Asia, primarily Russia and China.[3][4] It is named after the Russian port city Ayan in the Khabarovsk Krai region of the Russian Far East, on the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk.[5]

Species

As of August 2020, Kew's Plants of the World Online accepts 43 species in the genus Ajania:[6]

References

  1. ^ Poljakov, Petr Petrovich. 1955. Botanicheskie Materialy Gerbariia Botanicheskogo Instituta imeni V. L. Komarova Akademii Nauk SSSR 17: 419
  2. ^ Tropicos, Ajania Poljakov
  3. ^ "Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist". Archived from the original on 2014-11-04. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
  4. ^ Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 656 亚菊属 ya ju shu Ajania Poljakov, Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 17: 419. 1955
  5. ^ Genaust, Helmut (1976). Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen ISBN 3-7643-0755-2
  6. ^ "Ajania Poljakov". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 31 August 2020.