Laser (plant)

Laser is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, native to Europe and southwestern Asia, from France east to the Ural Mountains in Russia and northern Iran.^[2] The genus was first described in 1799.^[1]

Laser
Laser trilobum in Lower Austria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Apiaceae
Subfamily:	Apioideae
Tribe:	Scandiceae
Subtribe:	Daucinae
Genus:	Laser Borkh. ex P.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.[1]
Species
See text
Synonyms[2]
Acanthopleura K.Koch Galbanum D.Don Polylophium Boiss.

Species

As of November 2022^[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:^[2]

• Laser affine (Ledeb.) Wojew. & Spalik – Turkey, Transcaucasus
• Laser archangelica (Wulfen) Spalik & Wojew. – Eastern Europe from Poland south to Bulgaria
• Laser carduchorum (Hedge & Lamond) Wojew. & Spalik – Turkey (endemic)
• Laser involucratum (Pall. ex Schult.) Spalik & Wojew. – northern Iran (endemic)
• Laser panjutinii (Manden. & Schischk.) Banasiak, Wojew. & Spalik – Transcaucasus (endemic)
• Laser stevenii (Fisch. & Trautv.) Wojew. & Spalik – North Caucasus, Transcaucasus
• Laser trilobum (L.) Borkh. – France east to the Ural Mountains in Russia and northern Iran