Todaroa

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Apiales

Familia: Apiaceae
Subfamilia: Apioideae
Tribus: Scandiceae
Subtribus: Scandicinae
Genus: Todaroa
Species: T. aurea
Name

Todaroa Parl. Hist. Nat. Îles Canaries 3(22): 155. (1843)

monotypic taxon

References

Parlatore, F. 1843. Histoire Naturelle des Îles Canaries 3(22): 155.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Todaroa. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 02. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Todaroa. Published online. Accessed: Sep 02 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Todaroa in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Apr. 26.
Tropicos.org 2014. Todaroa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Apr. 2014.

Todaroa is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. It just contains one known species, Todaroa aurea.[1][2]

It is also in the subfamily Apioideae and it is part of tribe Scandiceae and subtribe Scandicinae.
Todaroa aurea (Fuencaliente) 02 ies.jpg

It is native to the Canary Islands.[2]

The genus name of Todaroa is in honour of Agostino Todaro (1818–1892), an Italian botanist.[3] The Latin specific epithet of aurea means golden.[4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in P.B.Webb & S.Berthelot, Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries Series 3 (Vol.2; Issue 2) on page 155 in 1843.[1][2]

There are 2 accepted subspecies;[1]

Todaroa aurea subsp. aurea
Todaroa aurea subsp. suaveolens P.Pérez

References

"Todaroa aurea (Aiton) Parl". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
"Todaroa Parl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.