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Aaronsohnia

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Aaronsohnia
Aaronsohnia factorovskyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Anthemideae
Genus: Aaronsohnia
Warb. & Eig[1]
Species

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Aaronsohnia is a genus in the family Asteraceae, native to mainly non-salty steppes and deserts in North Africa and Middle East. It was named in 1927 after the agronomist Aaron Aaronsohn by the botanists Otto Warburg (1859–1938) and Alexander Eig (1894–1938).

Species and subspecies

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As of July 2020, Plants of the World online has 2 accepted species:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Warburg & Eig 1927, p. 39.
  2. ^ Kew Science Plants of the World Online, retrieved 14 July 2020

Bibliography

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  • Bremer, K.; C. J. Humphries (1993). "Generic monograph of the Asteraceae-Anthemideae". Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Bot. 23 (2): 71–177.
  • Warburg, Otto; Eig, Alexander (1927). Leaflet, Agricultural Experiment Station, Zionist Organisation Institute. Vol. 6.
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