''Athamanta'' (or ''Athamantha'') is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
in the family
Apiaceae
Apiaceae or Umbelliferae is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants named after the type genus '' Apium'' and commonly known as the celery, carrot or parsley family, or simply as umbellifers. It is the 16th-largest family of flowering plan ...
. It is native to
southern Europe
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and
northern Africa
North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in t ...
.
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Species
, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[
*'' Athamanta aurea'' (Vis.) Neilr.
*'' Athamanta cortiana'' Ferrarini
*'' Athamanta cretensis'' L.
*'' Athamanta densa'' Boiss. & Orph.
*'' Athamanta hispanica'' Degen ex Hervier
*'' Athamanta macedonica'' (L.) Spreng.
*'' Athamanta montana'' (Webb ex Christ) Spalik & Wojew. & S.R.Downie
*'' Athamanta sicula'' L.
*'' Athamanta vayredana'' (Font Quer) C.Pardo
*'' Athamanta vestita'' A.Kern.
]
References
NCBI taxonomy database
ZipCodeZoo entry
Apioideae
Apioideae genera
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