Artedia

Artedia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Apioideae
Tribe: Scandiceae
Genus: Artedia
L.[1]
Species:
A. squamata
Binomial name
Artedia squamata
L.[1]

Artedia is a genus of flowering plant in the Apiaceae. Its only species is Artedia squamata, native to Cyprus, Western Asia and the Transcaucasus.[1]

Carl Linnaeus named the species after his friend, the naturalist Peter Artedi.[2]

  1. ^ a b c "Artedia L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2020. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  2. ^ Beil, Karen Magnuson (2019). What Linnaeus Saw: A Scientist's Quest to Name Every Living Thing. New York: W W Norton & Co. ISBN 9781324004691.