''Froriepia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the umbellifer family
Apiaceae. It contains a sincle species, ''Froriepa subpinnata'', a
biennial native to the Caucasus region, including southern Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and northern
Iran
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.
''Froriepa subpinnata'' prefers to live in scrubby areas, in meadows, and on
forest edges.
The genus name of ''Froriepia'' is in honour of
Ludwig Friedrich von Froriep (1779–1847), a German doctor, professor of medicine and anatomy in
Jena
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It was first described and published in Linnaea Vol.16 on page 362 in 1842.
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References
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Apiaceae
Flora of the Caucasus
Flora of Iran
Plants described in 1879
Taxa named by Carl Friedrich von Ledebour