Domeykoa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.[1]

Domeykoa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Azorelloideae
Genus: Domeykoa
Phil.

Its native range is southern Peru to northern Chile.[1]

German-Chilean botanist Rudolfo Amando Philippi named the genus Domeykoa in honour of Ignacy Domeyko (1802–1889), Polish-Chilean geologist, mineralogist, and educator,[2] The genus was first described in Florula Atacamensis in 1860.[3]

Known species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Domeykoa Phil. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  2. ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.
  3. ^ Philippi, Rodolfo Amando (1860). Florula Atacamensis; seu, Enumeratio plantarum, quas in itinere per desertum Atacamense. Halis Saxonum: Sumptibus E. Anton. p. 25.