''Scaligeria'' 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 ...

. It is also in Tribe Pyramidoptereae. Its native range is eastern Mediterranean (within Crete, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Greece and Yugoslavia) to Central Asia (within Albania, Lebanon, Libya, Israel, Syria and Turkey) and

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. The genus name of ''Scaligeria'' is in honour of

Julius Caesar Scaliger Julius Caesar Scaliger (; 23 April or August 1484 – 21 October 1558), or Giulio Cesare della Scala, was an Italian scholar and physician, who spent a major part of his career in France. He employed the techniques and discoveries of Renaissance ...

(1484–1558), an Italian scholar and physician, who spent a major part of his career in France. It was first described and published in Coll. Mém. Vol.5 on page 70 in 1829.

Known species

According to Kew: *'' Scaligeria alziarii'' *'' Scaligeria halophila'' *'' Scaligeria korshinskii'' *'' Scaligeria lazica'' *'' Scaligeria moreana'' *'' Scaligeria napiformis''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q9074925 Apioideae Apioideae genera