''Keraymonia'' 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 East Himalayas,

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

, and

Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ), or Greater Tibet, is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are other ethnic groups s ...

. The genus name of ''Keraymonia'' is in honour of Monique Keraudren (1928–1981), an English painter and illustrator. It was first described and published in Candollea Vol.40 on page 528 in 1985. Species, according to Kew: *'' Keraymonia cortiformis'' *'' Keraymonia nipaulensis'' *'' Keraymonia pinnatifolia'' *'' Keraymonia triradiata''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q10314216 Apioideae Plants described in 1985 Flora of East Himalaya Flora of Nepal Flora of Tibet Apioideae genera