Takhtajaniantha

Takhtajaniantha
Takhtajaniantha pusilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cichorieae[1]
Genus: Takhtajaniantha
Nazarova
Binomial name
Takhtajaniantha pusilla
(Pall.) Nazarova
Synonyms[1]

Takhtajaniantha is a genus of flowering plants in the dandelion tribe within the daisy family.[2][3]

The genus is named for Armenian botanist Armen Takhtajan, 1910-2009.[2]

Species[1]

The only known species is Takhtajaniantha pusilla. It is widespread across central and southwestern Asia (Xinjiang Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Armenia, Nakhichevan, Afghanistan, Iran, Palestine, Sinai, Saudi Arabia) as well as the Dagestan region of southern European Russia.[4]

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