Semenovia

Semenovia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.

[1] It is in subfamily Apioideae and also tribe Tordylieae subtribe Tordyliinae.

[2] Its native range is from Iran to Central Asia (within Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Tibet, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and the Western Himalayas) and China.

[1] The genus name of Semenovia is in honour of Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky (1827–1914), a Russian geographer and statistician who managed the Russian Geographical Society for more than 40 years.

He gained international fame for his pioneering exploration of the Tian Shan mountains.