Ajania | |
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Ajania pacifica | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
Tribe: | Anthemideae |
Genus: |
Ajania Poljakov |
Type species | |
Ajania pallasiana (F. E. L. Fischer ex W. G. Besser) P. P. Poljakov
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Synonyms [1] [2] | |
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Ajania is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, described as a genus in 1955. [3] [4] The genus is native to temperate Asia, primarily Russia and China. [1] [2] It is named after the Russian port city Ayan in the Khabarovsk Krai region of the Russian Far East, on the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk. [5]
As of August 2020 [update], Kew's Plants of the World Online accepts 43 species in the genus Ajania: [6]