''Laser'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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 in 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 ...
, native to Europe and southwestern Asia, from France east to the Ural Mountains in Russia and northern Iran.
[ The genus was first described in 1799.][
]
Species
, Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online taxonomic database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
History
Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew launched Plants of the World Online i ...
accepted the following species:[
*'' Laser affine'' (Ledeb.) Wojew. & Spalik – Turkey, Transcaucasus
*'' Laser archangelica'' (Wulfen) Spalik & Wojew. – Eastern Europe from Poland south to Bulgaria
*'' Laser carduchorum'' (Hedge & Lamond) Wojew. & Spalik – Turkey (endemic)
*'' Laser involucratum'' (Pall. ex Schult.) Spalik & Wojew. – northern Iran (endemic)
*'' Laser panjutinii'' (Manden. & Schischk.) Banasiak, Wojew. & Spalik – Transcaucasus (endemic)
*'' Laser stevenii'' (Fisch. & Trautv.) Wojew. & Spalik – North Caucasus, Transcaucasus
*'' Laser trilobum'' (L.) Borkh. – France east to the Ural Mountains in Russia and northern Iran
]
References
Apioideae
Apioideae genera
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