''Xatardia'' is a

monotypic genus In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispe ...

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 only contains one known species, ''Xatardia scabra''. It is native to the eastern part of the

Pyrenees The Pyrenees are a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain. They extend nearly from their union with the Cantabrian Mountains to Cap de Creus on the Mediterranean coast, reaching a maximum elevation of at the peak of Aneto. ...

between France and Spain. The genus name of ''Xatardia'' is in honour of Barthélemy Joseph Paul Xatard (1774–1846), a French

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and botanist who collected in the eastern Pyrenees. The Latin

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of ''scabra'' means rough or rough to the touch, as derived from ''scabrid'' and the feminine form ''scabra''. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Pl. Vasc. Gen. Vol.1 on page 145 in 1838.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q10394276, from2=Q11929431 Apiaceae Monotypic Apiaceae genera Plants described in 1838 Flora of France Flora of Spain