''Turgenia'' 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 ...

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 ...

, containing up to seven species. The genus resembles ''

Caucalis ''Caucalis platycarpos'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, the only member of the genus ''Caucalis''. Common names are carrot bur parsley, small bur-parsley, and burr parsley. It is native to Europe, North Africa, and the Mi ...

''. False carrot is a common name for plants in this genus. Varieties of ''Turgenia'' can be found in areas of Africa, Europe, temperate and tropical regions of Asia, and North America. The genus name of ''Turgenia'' is in honour of

Alexander Turgenev Alexander Ivanovich Turgenev (; (27 March April1784, Simbirsk - 3 5December 1845, Moscow) was a Russian statesman and historian. Biography Alexander Turgenev was born in Simbirsk in 1784. His father, Ivan Petrovich Turgenev (1752-1807) was ...

(1784–1845), a Russian statesman and historian. It was first described and published in Gen. Pl. Umbell. on page 59 in 1814.

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Apioideae Plants described in 1814 Apioideae genera {{Apiaceae-stub