''Ajania'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of flowering plants in the daisy family, described as a genus in 1955.Tropicos, ''Ajania'' Poljakov
/ref> The genus is native to temperate

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an are ...

, primarily

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

and China.Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 656 亚菊属 ya ju shu ''Ajania'' Poljakov, Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 17: 419. 1955
/ref> It is named after the Russian port city Ayan in the Khabarovsk Krai region of the

Russian Far East The Russian Far East (russian: Дальний Восток России, r=Dal'niy Vostok Rossii, p=ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok rɐˈsʲiɪ) is a region in Northeast Asia. It is the easternmost part of Russia and the Asian continent; and is admin ...

, on the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk.Genaust, Helmut (1976). ''Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen''

Species

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's Plants of the World Online accepts 43 species in the genus ''Ajania'':

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2369424 Anthemideae Asteraceae genera