Todaroa

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Genus of plants

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::summary Genus of plants ::

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Todaroa is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. It just contains one known species, Todaroa aurea.

It is also in the subfamily Apioideae and it is part of tribe Scandiceae and subtribe Scandicinae. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Todaroa_aurea_(Fuencaliente)_02_ies.jpg"] ::

It is native to the Canary Islands.

The genus name of Todaroa is in honour of Agostino Todaro (1818–1892), an Italian botanist. The Latin specific epithet of aurea means golden. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in P.B.Webb & S.Berthelot, Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries Series 3 (Vol.2; Issue 2) on page 155 in 1843.

There are 2 accepted subspecies:

  • Todaroa aurea subsp. aurea
  • Todaroa aurea subsp. suaveolens P.Pérez

References

References

  1. "''Todaroa aurea'' (Aiton) Parl.".
  2. "''Todaroa'' Parl. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science".
  3. Burkhardt, Lotte. (2018). "Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition". Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin.
  4. Harrison, Lorraine. (2012). "RHS Latin for Gardeners". Mitchell Beazley.

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