Paulita (plant)

Paulita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Apiaceae
Genus:	Paulita; Soják
Synonyms
	Neopaulia Pimenov & Kljuykov, Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 68: 1562 (1983), nom. superfl. ; Paulia Korovin, Izv. Akad. Nauk Tadzhiksk. S.S.R., Otd. Biol. Nauk 1(50): 14 (1973), nom. illeg. ;

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

Its native range is Central Asia and it is found in Kyrgyzstan and Tadzhikistan.^[1]

The genus name of Paulita is in honour of Pavel Nikolaevich Ovczinnikov or Paul Ovczinnikov (1903–1979), who was a Russian botanist, specialist in grasses, who in 1945 was the Director of the Botanical Institute at the Academcy of Sciences in Tajikistan.^[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Jiří Soják in Čas. Nár. Muz. Praze, Rada Přír. vol.150 on page 216 in (1981, publ. 1982).^[1]

Species

As accepted by Plants of the World Online:^[1]

Paulita alaica (Pimenov & Kljuykov) Pimenov & Kljuykov
Paulita alpina (Schischk.) Soják
Paulita ovczinnikovii (Korovin) Soják

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Paulita Soják | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.

[POWO-1] "Paulita Soják | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 September 2022.

[2] Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.

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