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Genus of plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Todaroa is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. It just contains one known species, Todaroa aurea.[1][2]
Todaroa | |
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Todaroa aurea | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Apiales |
Family: | Apiaceae |
Subfamily: | Apioideae |
Tribe: | Scandiceae |
Subtribe: | Scandicinae |
Genus: | Todaroa Parl. |
Species: | T. aurea |
Binomial name | |
Todaroa aurea (Aiton) Parl. | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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It is also in the subfamily Apioideae and it is part of tribe Scandiceae and subtribe Scandicinae.
It is native to the Canary Islands.[2]
The genus name of Todaroa is in honour of Agostino Todaro (1818–1892), an Italian botanist.[3] The Latin specific epithet of aurea means golden.[4] 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.[1][2]
There are 2 accepted subspecies:[1]
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