Zosima (plant)

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

[1] Its native range stretches from Afghanistan, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Sinai, Syria and Turkey, (in western Asia); Saudi Arabia, to North Caucasus and Transcaucasus, (in the Caucasus Mountains); Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, (in Central Asia); Xinjiang (in China) and Pakistan (in tropical Asia).

The stem is usually solitary, densely pubescent (has soft downy hairs), angled, corymbose-branched (branches arising at different points but reaching about the same height).

The fruit (or seed capsule) is broadly ovate, strongly dorsally compressed, densely minute-pubescent.

[4] There are 4 accepted species, by Plants of the World Online and others,[2] including Y. Menemen and S.L.

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