Kitagawia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.[1]
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 Russian regions and republics of Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Islands, Primorye, Sakhalin, Tuva, Western Siberia and Yakutskiya).[1]
The genus name of Kitagawia is in honour of Masao Kitagawa (1910–1995), a Japanese botanist and pteridologist.[2] It was first described and published in Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) Vol.71 on page 943 in 1986.[1]
According to Kew:[1]
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 Russian regions and republics of Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Islands, Primorye, Sakhalin, Tuva, Western Siberia and Yakutskiya).
The genus name of Kitagawia is in honour of Masao Kitagawa (1910–1995), a Japanese botanist and pteridologist. It was first described and published in Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) Vol.71 on page 943 in 1986.
