Domeykoa Explained

Domeykoa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.[1]

Its native range is southern Peru to northern Chile.

German-Chilean botanist Rudolfo Amando Philippi named the genus Domeykoa in honour of Ignacy Domeyko (1802–1889), Polish-Chilean geologist, mineralogist, and educator,[2] The genus was first described in Florula Atacamensis in 1860.[3]

Known species:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Domeykoa Phil. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 23 May 2021 . en.
  2. Book: Quattrocchi, Umberto . CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L . CRC Press . Boca Raton, Florida . 2000 . 978-0-8493-2676-9.
  3. Book: Philippi, Rodolfo Amando . Florula Atacamensis; seu, Enumeratio plantarum, quas in itinere per desertum Atacamense . 1860 . Sumptibus E. Anton . Halis Saxonum . 25.

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