''Endressia'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s belonging to the family
Apiaceae
Apiaceae () or Umbelliferae is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants named after the type genus ''Apium,'' and commonly known as the celery, carrot, or parsley family, or simply as umbellifers. It is the 16th-largest family of flowering p ...
.
Its native range is eastern
Pyrenees
The Pyrenees are a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain. They extend nearly from their union with the Cantabrian Mountains to Cap de Creus on the Mediterranean coast, reaching a maximum elevation of at the peak of Aneto. ...
in France, to northern Spain.
Known species:
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Endressia castellana''
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Endressia pyrenaica''
The genus name of ''Endressia'' is in honour of Philipp Anton Christoph Endress (1806–1831), a German botanist and plant collector,
and it was published in Ann. Sci. Nat. (published in Paris) Vol.26 on page 223 in 1832.
References
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Apioideae
Plants described in 1832
Garden plants
Flora of France
Flora of Spain
Apioideae genera
Taxa named by Jaques Étienne Gay