''Aaronsohnia'' is a genus in the family Asteraceae, native to mainly non-salty steppes and deserts in North Africa and Middle East. It was named in 1927 after the agronomist Aaron Aaronsohn by the botanists Otto Warburg (1859–1938) and Alexander Eig (1894–1938).

Species and subspecies

, ''Plants of the World online'' has 2 accepted species: * ''

Aaronsohnia factorovskyi ''Aaronsohnia factorovskyi'' is a member of the daisy family and is found from central Israel to Iraq and Arabian Peninsula The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Penins ...

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Aaronsohnia pubescens ''Aaronsohnia pubescens'' is a member of the daisy family and is found across North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula including Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Western Sahara Western Sahara ( '; ; ) is a disputed ter ...

'' (basionym : ''Cotula pubescens'' ) **''A. pubescens'' subsp. ''pubescens'' **''A. pubescens'' subsp. ''maroccana''

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African flowering plants databasePhoto of ''Aaronsohnia factorovskyi''Chemical Composition and Antifungal Activity of Aaronsohnia pubescens Essential Oil from Algeria
Flora of North Africa Anthemideae Asteraceae genera Taxa named by Otto Warburg {{Anthemideae-stub