Grubovia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae.[1]

Grubovia
Grubovia dasyphylla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Grubovia
Freitag & G.Kadereit
Synonyms

Sedobassia Freitag & G.Kadereit

It is native to Hungary, Romania, Yugoslavia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, West Siberia, Mongolia, Tibet and parts of China (Manchuria, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai and Xinjiang).[1]

It has been introduced into Czechoslovakia.[1]

The genus name of Grubovia is in honour of Valeri Grúbov (1917–2009), a Russian botanist with a focus on central Asia.[2] It was first described and published in Taxon Vol.60 on page 72 in 2011.[1]

Known species, according to Kew:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Grubovia Freitag & G.Kadereit | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  2. ^ 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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.