''Tamamschjanella'' 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 from

Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...

to Afghanistan, via

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

, the North Caucasus, Transcaucasus and Turkey. The genus name of ''Tamamschjanella'' is in honour of

Sofya Georgiyevna Tamamshyan Sofya Georgiyevna Tamamshyan (1901–1981) was a Russian-Soviet botanist and plant taxonomist noted for describing 7 genera and more than 50 species, and for authoring over 120 works. Biography In 1936, Sofya Georgievna Tamamshyan earned a PHD ...

(1901–1981), a Russian-Soviet botanist and plant taxonomist noted for describing 7 genera and more than 50 species of plant. It was first described and published in Bot. Zhurn. (published in Moscow & Leningrad) Vol.81 (Issue 8) on page 75 in 1996.

Known species

According to Kew: * ''

Tamamschjanella cruciata ''Tamamschjanella'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. Its native range is from Greece to Afghanistan, via Iran, the North Caucasus, Transcaucasus and Turkey. The genus name of ''Tamamschjanella'' is in honour of So ...

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Tamamschjanella rhizomatica ''Tamamschjanella'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. Its native range is from Greece to Afghanistan, via Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in ...

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q59510670 Apioideae Apioideae genera