''Kitagawia'' is a genus of

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s belonging to the family Apiaceae. Its native range is temperate Asia. It is found in the countries of China (within

Manchuria Manchuria is an exonym (derived from the endo demonym " Manchu") for a historical and geographic region in Northeast Asia encompassing the entirety of present-day Northeast China (Inner Manchuria) and parts of the Russian Far East (Outer Manc ...

and

Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Its border includes most of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a ...

), Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Mongolia, Taiwan and the Russian regions and republics of Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, Chita,

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Krasnoyarsk Krasnoyarsk ( ; rus, Красноя́рск, a=Ru-Красноярск2.ogg, p=krəsnɐˈjarsk) (in semantic translation - Red Ravine City) is the largest city and administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is situated along the Yeni ...

Kuril Islands The Kuril Islands or Kurile Islands (; rus, Кури́льские острова́, r=Kuril'skiye ostrova, p=kʊˈrʲilʲskʲɪjə ɐstrɐˈva; Japanese: or ) are a volcanic archipelago currently administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast in the ...

, Primorye,

Sakhalin Sakhalin ( rus, Сахали́н, r=Sakhalín, p=səxɐˈlʲin; ja, 樺太 ''Karafuto''; zh, c=, p=Kùyèdǎo, s=库页岛, t=庫頁島; Manchu: ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ, ''Sahaliyan''; Orok: Бугата на̄, ''Bugata nā''; Nivkh: ...

Tuva Tuva (; russian: Тува́) or Tyva ( tyv, Тыва), officially the Republic of Tuva (russian: Респу́блика Тыва́, r=Respublika Tyva, p=rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə tɨˈva; tyv, Тыва Республика, translit=Tyva Respublika ...

Western Siberia Western Siberia or West Siberia (russian: Западная Сибирь, Zapadnaya Sibir'; kk, Батыс Сібір) is a part of the larger region of Siberia that is mostly located in the Russian Federation. It lies between the Ural region an ...

and Yakutskiya). The genus name of ''Kitagawia'' is in honour of Masao Kitagawa (1910–1995), a Japanese botanist and

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. It was first described and published in Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) Vol.71 on page 943 in 1986.

Known species

According to Kew: *'' Kitagawia baicalensis'' *'' Kitagawia eryngiifolia'' *'' Kitagawia formosana'' *'' Kitagawia litoralis'' *'' Kitagawia macilenta'' *''

Kitagawia pilifera ''Kitagawia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. Its native range is temperate Asia. It is found in the countries of China (within Manchuria and Inner Mongolia), Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Mongolia, Taiwan and the Ru ...

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Kitagawia praeruptora ''Kitagawia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. Its native range is temperate Asia. It is found in the countries of China (within Manchuria and Inner Mongolia), Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Mongolia, Taiwan and the Ru ...

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Kitagawia stepposa ''Kitagawia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. Its native range is temperate Asia. It is found in the countries of China (within Manchuria and Inner Mongolia), Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Mongolia, Taiwan and the Ru ...

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Kitagawia terebinthacea ''Kitagawia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. Its native range is temperate Asia. It is found in the countries of China (within Manchuria and Inner Mongolia), Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Mongolia, Taiwan and the Rus ...

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q10314462 Apioideae Plants described in 1986 Flora of Siberia Flora of the Russian Far East Flora of Manchuria Flora of Inner Mongolia Flora of Mongolia Flora of Eastern Asia